The Local Government Act 1985 (Police and Fire and Civil Defence Authorities) Precepts Limitation Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 178

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1985 (Police and Fire and Civil Defence Authorities) Precepts Limitation Order 1988

Made

9th February 1988

Coming into force

14th February 1988

Whereas by virtue of section 68(6) of the Local Government Act 1985(1) the authorities listed in the Schedule to this Order are deemed for the purposes of Part I of the Rates Act 1984(2) (selective limitation of rates and precepts) to have been designated under section 2 of the said Act of 1984 in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1988;

And whereas notice has been served by me on each of those authorities pursuant to section 4(1) of the said Act of 1984 stating the maximum which I propose to prescribe under section 1 of that Act for the precept issued by it for that year;

And whereas none of those authorities has accepted the maximum proposed by me within the period specified in the notice, or agreed with me a different maximum;

And whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of the House of Commons;

Now, therefore, I, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 1 and 4(4) of the Rates Act 1984, as applied by section 68(4) of the Local Government Act 1985, hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1985 (Police and Fire and Civil Defence Authorites) Precepts Limitation Order 1988 and shall come into force on 14th February 1988.

2.  There is hereby prescribed, under section 1 of the Rates Act 1984, as applied by section 68(4) of the Local Government Act 1985, as the maximum amount in the pound for the precept issued for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1988 by an authority listed in the Schedule to this Order, the amount there set against the name of the authority.

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of StateZ

Home Office

9th February 1988

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Greater Manchester Police Authority	15.38p
Northumbria Police Authority	14.40p
West Midlands Police Authority	14.11p
West Yorkshire Police Authority	15.72p
Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority	8.39p
South Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority	11.21p
West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority	13.41p

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes maximum precepts, in respect of the financial year beginning on 1st April 1988, for such of the police and fire and civil defence authorities established under Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985 as are listed in the Schedule to the Order. In each case the maximum is shown against the name of the authority (in respect of the current financial year, precepts were set by section 7 of and Schedule 2 to the Local Government Finance Act 1987 (c. 6), obviating the need for an Order in 1987).

(1)

1985 c. 51.

(2)

1984 c. 33.