The Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 5th February 2020.

Amendment of the Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2011

2.—(1) Schedule 2 to the Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2011(1) (information to be supplied with demand notices) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 8, for “the year beginning in 2017 and any subsequent year” substitute “the years(2) beginning in 2017, 2018 and 2019”.

(3) After paragraph 8, insert—

“9.   In relation to the year beginning in 2020 and any subsequent year, the following statement—

• The Secretary of State made an offer to adult social care authorities. (“Adult social care authorities” are local authorities which have functions under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014, namely county councils in England, district councils for an area in England for which there is no county council, London borough councils, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.)

• The offer was the option of an adult social care authority being able to charge an additional “precept” on its council tax without holding a referendum, to assist the authority in meeting its expenditure on adult social care from the financial year 2016-17. It was originally made in respect of the financial years up to and including 2019-20. If the Secretary of State chooses to renew this offer in respect of a particular financial year, this is subject to the approval of the House of Commons.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Luke Hall

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

8th January 2020