Citation, commencement and application

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.

(2) These Regulations apply to billing authorities in England only.

Amendment of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

2.The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992( 2 ) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.

Forms of liability order and warrant of commitment

3. —(1) In regulation 35(1) omit the words —

(a) “(in which case the order shall be in the form specified as Form A in Schedule 2, or a form to the like effect)”; and

(b) “(in which case the order shall be in the form specified as Form B in that Schedule, or a form to the like effect)”.

(2) In regulation 48(1) omit the words “, and shall be in the form specified as Form C in Schedule 2, or in a form to the like effect”.

(3) Omit Schedule 2.

Charges connected with distress

4. In Schedule 5

(a) in column (2) of the Table to paragraph 1—

(i) in relation to head A (visit where no levy is made), for “£20.00” substitute “£22.50”, and for “£15.00” substitute “£16.50”;

(ii) in relation to head E (possession of goods), for “£12.50” substitute “£14.00” and for “£10.00” substitute “£11.00”; and

(iii) in relation to head H (prior payment etc. ), for “£20.00” substitute “£22.50”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 (amounts in respect of levy)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “£20” substitute “£22.50”; and

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “20 per cent” substitute “22.5 per cent”.