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The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2003

W.S.I. 2003/1715 · Made 8 July 2003

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COUNCIL TAX, WALES

Made 8th July 2003

Coming into force 10th July 2003

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 14(3) and 113(1) and (2) of and paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 8 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992f1 which are vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in relation to Walesf2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 (c. 14).

f2

See National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

Contents

  1. 1Name and commencement
  2. 2Application and Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment of Principal Regulations
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Name and commencement

These Regulations are called the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2003 and come into force on 10th July 2003.

2Application and Interpretation

(1)

These Regulations apply to Wales only.

(2)

In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” (y “Prif Reoliadau”) means the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992f1.

3Amendment of Principal Regulations

The Principal Regulations are amended as follows —

(a)

in regulation 35(1) omit —

(i)

“(in which case the order shall be in the form specified as Form A in Schedule 2, or a form to the like effect),”; and

(ii)

“(in which case the order shall be in the form specified as Form B in that Schedule, or a form to the like effect)”;

(b)

in regulation 48(1) omit “, and shall be in the form specified as Form C in Schedule 2, or in a form to the like effect”; and

(c)

omit Schedule 2.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

D.Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

8th July 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 (as amended) (“the Regulations”) prescribe the powers by which local authorities may collect and recover council tax. In particular, regulations 35(1) and 48(1) of and Schedule 2 to the Regulations prescribe the forms of Liability Order and Warrant of Commitment which must be used by Magistrates' Courts following applications by local authorities to them for such orders or warrants.

The Lord Chancellor’s Department have recently conducted a review of the forms used in Magistrates' Courts and now wish to implement a new set of forms which are all to have a consistent style. As part of this process, it is necessary to de-prescribe the forms of Liability Order and of Warrant of Commitment mentioned above.

These Regulations remove the requirement that Magistrates' Courts must use the specified forms of Liability Order and Warrant of Commitment or forms to like effect in connection with the collection and recovery of Council Tax.