The Charge Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 1991

Made: 21st May 1991

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, after considering all such information as he thinks is relevant, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 104(2), (5) and (9) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Title and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Charge Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2

In this Order “the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

Maximum amounts

3

The amount which the amount calculated by an authority listed in Schedule 1 to this Order, in relation to the year beginning with 1st April 1991, under section 95(4) of the Act is not to exceed is the amount shown against the name of the authority in that Schedule, which amount does not in the case of any such authority exceed the amount already calculated by the authority in relation to that year under the said section 94(4).

4

The amount which the aggregate amount of precepts issued by the authority named in Schedule 2 to this Order for the year beginning with 1st April 1991 is not to exceed is the amount shown in that Schedule, which amount does not exceed the aggregate amount of precepts already issued by the authority for that year.

SCHEDULE 1 — MAXIMUM AMOUNTS—CHARGING AUTHORITIES

SCHEDULE 2 — MAXIMUM AMOUNT—PRECEPTING AUTHORITY

Signed

Michael Heseltine — Secretary of State for the Environment — 21st May 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order states the amount which the amount calculated by each of the Councils of the Borough of Ipswich, the Cities of Bristol, Norwich and Stoke-on-Trent, the District of Basildon, the London Borough of Lambeth and the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in relation to the chargeable financial year beginning with 1st April 1991 under section 95(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 is not to exceed. It also states the amount which the aggregate amount of precepts issued by the Council of the County of Warwickshire for that year is not to exceed.