Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 259
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Rate of Discount for 2000/01) (England) Regulations 2000
Made
7th February 2000
Laid before Parliament
14th February 2000
Coming into force
1st April 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 49(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989( 1 ) hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. These Regulations, which extend to England only( 2 ), may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Rate of Discount for 2000/01) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
Rate of discount
2. The percentage rate of discount prescribed for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000 for the purposes of defining “r” in section 49(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 shall be 7.9 per cent.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
7th February 2000
The relevant powers of the Secretary of State have been devolved, in relation to Wales, by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ; see the reference to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 in Schedule 1).