Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2211
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND
The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2003
Made
27th August 2003
Laid before Parliament
4th September 2003
Coming into force
1st October 2003
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 113(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1, 3, 7 and 8 of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992( 1 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
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”.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
27th August 2003
1992 c. 14 . These powers are devolved, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ); see the reference to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in Schedule 1.
S.I. 1992/613 , relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/773 , 1998/295 .