The Local Authority (Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases) (Date of Referendum) (England) Order 2013

Made: 6th November 2013

Laid before Parliament: 13th November 2013

Coming into force: 6th December 2013

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 52ZG(3)(b), 52ZN(2)(b) and (4)(b) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Local Authority (Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases) (Date of Referendum) (England) Order 2013 and comes into force on 6th December 2013.

• (2) This Order applies in relation to England and the financial year beginning on 1st April 2014 only.

Specified date for council tax referendums

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The date specified for the purposes of sections 52ZG(3)(b), 52ZN(2)(b) and (4)(b) is 22 May 2014.

Signed

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

Brandon Lewis — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Communities and Local Government — 6th November 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In accordance with Chapter 4ZA of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, a referendum must be held where a local authority in England sets an excessive increase in its relevant basic amount of council tax for a financial year. This Order specifies 22nd May 2014 as the latest date by which a billing authority can hold such a referendum in the financial year beginning 1st April 2014.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen and the impact on the public sector is minimal.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.14. Sections 52ZG and 52ZN were inserted by section 72 of the Localism Act 2011 c.20.