Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 2004 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(1).
Maximum amounts
2. The amount which the amount calculated by an authority listed in the Schedule to this Order as its budget requirement for the financial year beginning in 2004 is not to exceed is the amount shown against the name of the authority in the Schedule, which amount does not in the case of any such authority exceed the amount already calculated by the authority as its budget requirement for that year.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Minister of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
July 2004