1989 No. 296
The London Regional Transport (Levy) Order 1989
Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(4) of the London Regional Transport Act 19841 and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the Commons House of Parliament pursuant to section 13(9) of that Act.
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the London Regional Transport (Levy) Order 1989 and shall come into force on the day after it is made.
Interpretation2
In this Order: “the 1984 Act” means the London Regional Transport Act 1984;
“the year 1989/90” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April 1989;
“the estimated grant” means the Secretary of State’s estimated expenditure in the year 1989/90 on grants to London Regional Transport under section 12 of the 1984 Act;
“the ratepayer proportion” means the proportion of the estimated grants which it appears to the Secretary of State appropriate to recover from the ratepayers of Greater London;
“the estimated penny rate product of a rating area” means, in relation to the rating areas listed in the left hand column of the Schedule (which are the rating areas comprised in Greater London) an estimate of the amount, calculated as provided in section 12(4) of the General Rate Act 19672, which would be produced by a rate of a penny in the pound levied in the rating area in question and each such estimate (which has been transmitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 12(4) of that Act) is shown in the right hand column of the Schedule opposite the rating area to which it relates; and
“the estimated penny rate product of Greater London” means the total of the estimated penny rate products of the rating areas comprised in Greater London (shown at the bottom of the right hand column of this Schedule).
Amount in the pound3
The amount in the pound for the purpose of section 13(4) of the 1984 Act in respect of the year 1989/90 shall be 9.06 pence.
Factors taken into account4
The factors taken into account in determining the amount in the pound specified in article 3 are as follows—
1
the estimated grant which is £286.6 million; (2) the ratepayer proportion which is 65.63%; and
3
the estimated penny rate product of Greater London which is £20,759,588.
Method of calculation5
The method of calculation employed in determining the amount in the pound specified in article 3 is as follows—
1
the number of pence in the pound is obtained by the formula
and accordingly the calculation is:
2
the unrounded figure is rounded to two places of decimals to give 9.06 pence.
SCHEDULE
Rating Area | Estimated penny rate product of the rating area (£) |
|---|---|
Barking & Dagenham | 266,000 |
Barnet | 622,000 |
Bexley | 324,000 |
Brent | 497,000 |
Bromley | 524,000 |
Camden | 1,157,000 |
City of London | 2,800,000 |
City of Westminster | 3,325,000 |
Croydon | 715,000 |
Ealing | 578,000 |
Enfield | 498,000 |
Greenwich | 310,000 |
Hackney | 415,000 |
Hammersmith & Fulham | 382,520 |
Haringey | 346,000 |
Harrow | 360,000 |
Havering | 387,000 |
Hillingdon | 613,000 |
Hounslow | 510,000 |
Inner Temple | 4,292 |
Islington | 576,024 |
Kensington & Chelsea | 710,000 |
Kingston upon Thames | 297,000 |
Lambeth | 580,600 |
Lewisham | 336,000 |
Merton | 318,000 |
Middle Temple | 2,652 |
Newham | 340,000 |
Redbridge | 368,500 |
Richmond upon Thames | 332,000 |
Southwark | 600,000 |
Sutton | 298,000 |
Tower Hamlets | 600,000 |
Waltham Forest | 317,000 |
Wandsworth | 450,000 |
Total | 20,759,588 |
(estimated penny rate product of Greater London) |
(This note is not part of the Order)