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Council Tax, England

Made 11th December 2012

Laid before Parliament 18th December 2012

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 2(2), (4)(a), (ia) and (j), 4 to 6, 8 to 10 and 16 of Schedule 2 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992^f1, makes the following Regulations:

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f1: 1992 c.14. See section 116(1) for the definition of “prescribed”. Relevant amendments were made by sections 10 (council tax reduction scheme), 12 (power to set higher amount for long-term empty dwellings) and 16 (provision of information about council tax) of the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c.17). Paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 was inserted by the Local Government Act 2003 section 127(1) and Schedule 7, paragraphs 40, 53(1) and (3). Functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1.