# The London Regional Transport (Levy) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/138 · made 29 January 1988

Section 13 of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 provides that the Secretary of State may, in respect of any year, make a levy on the rating authorities for all the rating areas in Greater London to recover a contribution from Greater London ratepayers towards his estimated expenditure in that year on grants to London Regional Transport, and for the purpose of raising the levy the Secretary of State may issue a demand for payments to the rating authorities. Such a demand shall require the rating authorities to levy as part, or as an additional item of the rate, a rate of an amount in the pound specified by Order in respect of the year to which the demand relates.

Made under: London Regional Transport Act 1984 (repealed) (Section 13)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/london-regional-transport-levy-order-1988/pdf/uksi_19880138_en.pdf

## Introductory text

TRANSPORT
Made 29th January 1988
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(4) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Commons House of Parliament pursuant to section 13(9) of that Act.

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the London Regional Transport (Levy) Order 1988 and shall come into force on the day after it is made.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order:
“the 1984 Act ” means the London Regional Transport Act 1984;
“the year 1988/9” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April 1988;
“the estimate grant” means the Secretary of State’s estimated expenditure in the year 1988/9 on grants to London Regional Transport under section 12 of the 1984 Act;
“the ratepayer proportion” means the proportion of the estimated grants which it appears to the Secretary of State appropriate to recover from the ratepayers of Greater London;
“the estimated penny rate product of a rating area” means, in relation to the rating areas listed in the left hand column of the Schedule (which are the rating areas comprised in Greater London) an estimate of the amount, calculated as provided in section 12(4) of the General Rate Act 1967, which would be produced by a rate of a penny in the pound levied in the rating area in question and each such estimate (which has been transmitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 12(4) of that Act) is shown in the right hand column of the Schedule opposite the rating area to which it relates; and
“the estimated penny rate product of Greater London” means the total of the estimated penny rate products of the rating areas comprised in Greater London (shown at the bottom of the right hand column of the Schedule).

## 3 Amount in the pound

The amount in the pound for the purpose of section 13(4) of the 1984 Act in respect of the year 1988/9 shall be 6.07 pence.

## 4 Factors taken into account

The factors taken into account in determining the amount in the pound specified in article 3 are as follows—
(1) the estimated grant which is £190 million;
(2) the ratepayer proportion which is 65.63%; and
(3) the estimated penny rate product of Greater London which is £20,530,875.

## 5 Method of calculation

The method of calculation employed in determining the amount in the pound specified in article 3 is as follows—
(1) the number of pence in the pound is obtained by the formula
the estimated grant×the ratepayer proportionthe estimated penny rate product of Greater London and accordingly the calculation is:
£190,000,000×0.6563£20,530,875=6.073633;
(2) the unrounded figure is rounded to two places of decimals to give 6.07 pence.

## Signature

Paul Channon
Secretary of State for Transport
29th January 1988

## 

Rating Area
Estimated penny rate product of the rating area (£)
Barking & Dagenham
264,000
Barnet
616,000
Bexley
325,000
Brent
496,000
Bromley
521,000
Camden
1,151,000
City of London
2,700,000
City of Westminster
3,340,000
Croydon
712,000
Ealing
586,000
Enfield
490,000
Greenwich
320,000
Hackney
412,000
Hammersmith & Fulham
370,000
Haringey
346,000
Harrow
349,000
Havering
383,000
Hillingdon
604,900
Hounslow
505,000
Inner Temple
4,230
Islington
570,000
Kensington & Chelsea
705,000
Kingston upon Thames
291,000
Lambeth
585,600
Lewisham
338,000
Merton
310,000
Middle Temple
2,645
Newham
336,000
Redbridge
366,500
Richmond upon Thames
332,000
Southwark
598,000
Sutton
297,000
Tower Hamlets
550,000
Waltham Forest
312,000
Wandsworth
442,000
Total (estimated penny rate product of Greater London)
20,530,875

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 13 of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 provides that the Secretary of State may, in respect of any year, make a levy on the rating authorities for all the rating areas in Greater London to recover a contribution from Greater London ratepayers towards his estimated expenditure in that year on grants to London Regional Transport, and for the purpose of raising the levy the Secretary of State may issue a demand for payments to the rating authorities. Such a demand shall require the rating authorities to levy as part, or as an additional item of the rate, a rate of an amount in the pound specified by Order in respect of the year to which the demand relates.
This Order specifies an amount of 6.07 pence in the pound in respect of the year 1988/9 (article 3). As required by section 13(7) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 this Order sets out the factors taken into account (article 4) and the method of calculation employed (article 5) in determining the amount in the pound.

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