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The National Park Authorities (Levies) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/2976 · Made 27 November 1996

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This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 1996/2794 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

FINANCE

Made 27th November 1996

Laid before Parliament 27th November 1996

Coming into force 28th November 1996

The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 74, 140(4) and 143(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations–

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 41. Section 74 was amended by regulation 5 of the Local Government Changes for England (Finance) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2825), paragraph 72 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), and paragraph 21 of Schedule 6 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19). A National Park authority is deemed to be a levying body within the meaning of section 74 by virtue of section 71(2) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Apportionment
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Park Authorities (Levies) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 28th November 1996.

2Apportionment

In regulation 4(3) of the National Park Authorities (Levies) (England) Regulations 1996f1, insert “local authority” before “members of the National Park authority”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment 27th November 1996

David Curry

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The National Park Authorities (Levies) (England) Regulations 1996 (“the principal Regulations”) apply to the issue of levies by National Park authorities to meet their expenses in respect of financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1997. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations provides for apportionment of the amount which is to be raised by a National Park authority in respect of any financial year by way of levies.

These Regulations amend the definition of the relevant proportion in regulation 4(3) of the principal Regulations.