The Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 1850

Council Tax, England

The Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2008

Made

10th July 2008

Coming into force

11th July 2008

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52F(4) and (7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1).

The Secretary of State, pursuant to section 52D(2)(a) of that Act, designated Lincolnshire police authority as regards the financial year beginning in 2008.

The Secretary of State notified the authority in writing pursuant to section 52E(2) of that Act of her decision to designate it, the principles determined under section 52B of that Act in relation to it, the amount which she proposed should be the maximum for the amount calculated by it as its budget requirement for the year, the target amount for the year (that is the maximum amount which she proposed it could calculate as its budget requirement for the year without the amount calculated being excessive), and the financial year as regards which she expected the amount calculated by it as its budget requirement for that year to be equal to or less than the target amount for that year.

Lincolnshire police authority informed the Secretary of State by notice in writing under section 52E(5)(a) of that Act that, for the reasons stated in the notice, it believed the maximum amount stated under section 52E(2)(d) of that Act should be such as was stated in its notice.

The Secretary of State has considered the information supplied by the authority (being information of a kind, and provided in a form specified by her for the purposes of section 52F of the Act), and such other information as she thinks is relevant.

In accordance with section 52F(7)(a) of that Act a draft of this Order was laid before and approved by resolution of the House of Commons.

The Secretary of State makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2008 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order applies to authorities in England only(2).

Maximum amounts

2.  The amount which the amount calculated by Lincolnshire police authority as its budget requirement for the financial year beginning in 2008 is not to exceed is £100,638,000, which amount does not exceed the amount already calculated by the authority as its budget requirement for that year.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John Healey

Minister of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

10th July 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order applies to Lincolnshire police authority. It states the amount which the amount calculated by the authority as its budget requirement for the financial year beginning in 2008 is not to exceed.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as the Secretary of State cannot make assumptions as to which services and activities may be affected when an authority calculates a lower budget requirement.

(1)

1992 c.14. Sections 52A to 52Z of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 were inserted by section 30 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1999 (c.27).

(2)

Functions under Chapter IVA of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to authorities in England. In relation to authorities in Wales, these functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers: see article 3 of, and paragraph 44 of Schedule 1 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388).