Article 13 Amendment of statutory instruments, etc

in rule 2, after “county councils” there shall be inserted, “the Greater London Council”;

in rule 3(2), for the definitions of “rating authority” and “precepts” there shall be substituted—

• “ `rating authority' means the council of a county district or a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

• `precept' means a precept issued by a county council, the Greater London Council or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;”;

in rule 8(1), after “county council” there shall be inserted, “the Greater London Council”.

in regulation 2(2), for the definitions of “council”, “parish” and “London” there shall be substituted—

• “ `council' means the council of a county borough, London borough or county district or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

• `parish' — outside Greater London, includes any part of a parish being either a contributory place as defined in section 343 of the Public Health Act 1936^f3 or an area otherwise subject to separate or differential rating; and in Greater London, means any part of a rating area which is subject (otherwise than in respect of a garden or square) to separate or differential rating;”;

in regulation 2(3), “and (in the application of these regulations to London) shall apply as if that Act extended to London” shall be omitted;

in regulation 3(2)(g) the reference to previous rates shall include all rates, within the meaning of the Regulations, made by a London borough council or their predecessors.

in rule 3(2), for the definitions of “London” and “parish” there shall be substituted—

• “ `parish' — outside Greater London, includes any part of a parish being either a contributory place as defined in section 343 of the Public Health Act 1936 or an area otherwise subject to separate or differential rating; and in Greater London, means a rating area or any part of a rating area which is subject (otherwise than in respect of a garden or square or by reason of any provision of the City of London (Tithes and Rates) Act 1910^f5 or the City of London (Tithes) Act 1947^f6 to separate differential rating;”

rule 3(3) shall be omitted.

in article 2(2)—

in the definition of “the appropriate factor” , for “of the London County Council” there shall be substituted “of the Greater London Council”;

for the definition of “the councils” there shall be substituted—

• “ `the councils' means the councils of the London boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich, Newham and Tower Hamlets, and `council' means one of the councils;”

in article 4(3), for “London Main Drainage Area” and “the said Area” there shall be substituted “the sewerage area of the Greater London Council” and “the said sewerage area”;

for the Schedule, there shall be substituted—

“SCHEDULE

Name of Council	Basic Value
	£
Bexley	4,375
Greenwich	8,750
Newham	102,650
Tower Hamlets	12,720

”.