# Rates Act 1984 (repealed) 1984 c. 33 · enacted 26 June 1984 · revised to 9 February 2009 An Act to enable the Secretary of State to limit the rates made and precepts issued by local authorities; to require local authorities to consult representatives of industrial and commercial ratepayers before reaching decisions on expenditure and the means of financing it; to make provision for requiring additional information to be given to ratepayers; to require notice of the rates payable in respect of a dwelling-house to be given to any occupier not in receipt of a demand note; and to make other amendments relating to rates. ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: Selective Limitation of Rates and Precepts ## 1 Power to prescribe maximum rates and precepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Designation of authorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Expenditure levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Determination of maximum rate or precept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Interim maximum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Form and effect of maximum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Certificates of compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: General Limitation of Rates and Precepts ## 9 Power to introduce general control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Authorities subject to general control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Expenditure levels and variation of maximum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Supplementary provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Other Provisions Relating to Rates and Precepts ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Provision of information to ratepayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Miscellaneous amendments and repeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: Supplementary ## 17 Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Commence-ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Short title, interpreta-tion and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Miscellaneous Amendments and Repeals ### Interpretation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2—22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Adjustment of grant for disparities in rate revenue ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Substituted rates and precepts ## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/33 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rates-act-1984-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.