The Rate Limitation (Councils in England) (Prescribed Maximum) (Rates) Order 1989

Made: 22nd February 1989

Coming into force: 28th February 1989

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1 and 4(4) of the Rates Act 1984 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Title and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Rate Limitation (Councils in England) (Prescribed Maximum) (Rates) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 28th February 1989.

Interpretation

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In this Order –

• “the Act” means the Rates Act 1984; and

• “the maximum rate” means a maximum amount in the pound for the rate exclusive of any part of the rate mentioned in section 1(4) of the Act.

Prescription of maximum rates

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There is hereby prescribed under section 1 of the Act, for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1989, as the maximum rate for an authority listed in the Schedule to this Order, the amount there set against the name of the authority.

SCHEDULE — MAXIMUM RATES

Signed

Nicholas Ridley — Secretary of State for the Environment — 22nd February 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes maximum rates for the authorities listed in the Schedule to the Order for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1989. In each case the maximum is shown against the name of the authority.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See the Rate Limitation (Councils in England) Report 1988 HC 571.

[^f00002]: 1984 c. 33. Section 2(2)(a) was amended, as regards England, by the Rate Limitation (Designation of Authorities) (Exemption) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/729).