C3C4C5C7C6 Part I Council Tax: England and Wales

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Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (6.3.1992) by Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), s. 18(1)(a)(b).

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Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (31.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/549, art.3.

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Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (31.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/550, arts. 3, 4

Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (28.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2825, reg. 3

C2Chapter I Main provisions

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Pt. I Chapter I amended (28.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2825, regs. 44, 49

Preliminary

1 Council tax in respect of dwellings.

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As regards the financial year beginning in 1993 and subsequent financial years, each billing authority shall, in accordance with this Part, levy and collect a tax, to be called council tax, which shall be payable in respect of dwellings situated in its area.

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In this Part “billing authority” means—

a

in relation to England, a district council or London borough council, the Common Council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly, and

b

in relation to Wales, a county council or county borough council.

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For the purposes of this Part the Secretary of State may make regulations containing rules for treating a dwelling as situated in a billing authority’s area if part only of the dwelling falls within the area.

2 Liability to tax determined on a daily basis.

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Liability to pay council tax shall be determined on a daily basis.

2

For the purposes of determining for any day—

a

whether any property is a chargeable dwelling;

b

which valuation band is shown in the billing authority’s valuation list as applicable to any chargeable dwelling;

c

the person liable to pay council tax in respect of any such dwelling; or

d

whether any amount of council tax is subject to a discount and (if so) the amount of the discount,

it shall be assumed that any state of affairs subsisting at the end of the day had subsisted throughout the day.