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The London Regional Transport (Levy) Order 1989

S.I. 1989/296 · Made 2 March 1989

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Made 2nd March 1989

Coming into force 3rd March 1989

The Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(4) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984f1 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.

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Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 32

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amount in the pound
  4. 4Factors taken into account
  5. 5Method of calculation
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule Schedule
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the London Regional Transport (Levy) Order 1989 and shall come into force on the day after it is made.

2Interpretation

In this Order: “the 1984 Act” means the London Regional Transport Act 1984;

  • “the year 1989/90” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April 1989;

  • “the estimated grant” means the Secretary of State’s estimated expenditure in the year 1989/90 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 1967f1, 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 this Schedule).

3Amount in the pound

The amount in the pound for the purpose of section 13(4) of the 1984 Act in respect of the year 1989/90 shall be 9.06 pence.

4Factors 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 £286.6 million; (2) the ratepayer proportion which is 65.63%; and

(3)

the estimated penny rate product of Greater London which is £20,759,588.

5Method 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:

£286,600,000×x0.656320,759,588=9.060661
(2)

the unrounded figure is rounded to two places of decimals to give 9.06 pence.

Signature

Paul Channon

Secretary of State for Transport

2nd March 1989

Rating AreaEstimated penny rate product of the rating area (£)
Barking & Dagenham266,000
Barnet622,000
Bexley324,000
Brent497,000
Bromley524,000
Camden1,157,000
City of London2,800,000
City of Westminster3,325,000
Croydon715,000
Ealing578,000
Enfield498,000
Greenwich310,000
Hackney415,000
Hammersmith & Fulham382,520
Haringey346,000
Harrow360,000
Havering387,000
Hillingdon613,000
Hounslow510,000
Inner Temple4,292
Islington576,024
Kensington & Chelsea710,000
Kingston upon Thames297,000
Lambeth580,600
Lewisham336,000
Merton318,000
Middle Temple2,652
Newham340,000
Redbridge368,500
Richmond upon Thames332,000
Southwark600,000
Sutton298,000
Tower Hamlets600,000
Waltham Forest317,000
Wandsworth450,000
Total20,759,588
(estimated penny rate product of Greater London)

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 9.06 pence in the pound in respect of the year 1989/90 (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.