The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) Order 2011

Made: 7th July 2011

Laid before Parliament: 12th July 2011

Coming into force: 3rd August 2011

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 43(4B)(a), 44(9)(a), 143(1) and (2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 [^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation, application and commencement

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This Order, which applies to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 3rd August 2011.

Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) Order 2004

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• (1) The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) Order 2004 [^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) For the heading for article 7, substitute “Amount of E between 1st October 2010 and 30th September 2012”.

• (3) In article 7(1), for “2011”, substitute “2012”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Bob Neill — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Communities and Local Government — 7th July 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order makes provision for a continued temporary increase in the level of Small Business Rate Relief until 30th September 2012.

Article 2 amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) Order 2004 in order to increase the level of relief for a further year beyond the current temporary increase, which would have ended on 30th September 2011.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c.41. Section 43 has been amended by section 117 of and Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14), section 1 of and Schedule 1 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c.29), section 127 of and Schedule 8 to the Postal Services Act 2000 (c.26), sections 1 and 3 of the Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Act 2001 (c.14) and sections 61, 63 and 64 of the Local Government Act 2003 (c.26). Section 43(4)(B) was inserted by section 61 of that Act. Section 44 has been amended by sections 139 and 194 of and Schedules 5 and 12 to the Local Government and Finance Act 1989 (c.42), section 117 of and Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) and section 61 of the Local Government Act 2003 (c.26).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2004/3315. Article 6 has been amended by S.I. 2009/354, S.I. 2009/3175 and S.I. 2010/1655. Other amendments have been made to S.I. 2004/3315 which are not relevant to this Order.