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The Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/1726 · Made 17 July 1997

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COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 17th July 1997

Coming into force 18th July 1997

Whereas the Secretary of State for the Environment has, pursuant to subsection (1) of section 54 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992f1, designated each of the authorities listed in the Schedule to this Order as regards the financial year beginning in 1997;

And whereas the Secretary of State has notified each of those authorities in writing pursuant to section 56(1) of that Act of his decision so to designate it, the principles determined under section 54(2) of that Act in relation to it, and the amount which he proposed should be the maximum for the amount calculated by it as its budget requirement for that year;

And whereas each of the authorities listed in the Schedule to this Order has informed the Secretary of State by notice in writing under section 56(4)(a) of that Act that, for the reasons stated in the notice, it believes the maximum amount stated under section 56(1)(c) of that Act should be such as is stated in its notice;

And whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the House of Commons;

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 section 57(2) and (6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 14.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Maximum amounts
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
  5. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Maximum amounts

The amount which the amount calculated by an authority listed in the Schedule to this Order as its budget requirement for the financial year beginning in 1997 is not to exceed is the amount shown against the name of the authority in the Schedule, which amount does not in the case of any such authority exceed the amount already calculated by the authority as its budget requirement for that year.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

17th July 1997

MAXIMUM AMOUNTS

The council of the county of Oxfordshire£339,531,000
The council of the county of Somerset£284,746,000
The council of the county of Warwickshire£294,334,835

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order states the amount which the amount calculated by each of the councils named in the Schedule as its budget requirement for the financial year beginning in 1997 is not to exceed.