{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rate-limitation-councils-in-england-prescribed-maximum-rates-order-1989/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rate-limitation-councils-in-england-prescribed-maximum-rates-order-1989/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/228",
  "legislation_title": "The Rate Limitation (Councils in England) (Prescribed Maximum) (Rates) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rate-limitation-councils-in-england-prescribed-maximum-rates-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“the Act” means the Rates Act 1984; and\n“the maximum rate” means a maximum amount in the pound for the rate exclusive of any part of the rate mentioned in section 1(4) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/228/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:49:49.654741+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}