Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 2032
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND
The Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 2005
Made
20th July 2005
Coming into force
21st July 2005
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52F(4) and (7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992( 1 ).
The First Secretary of State, pursuant to section 52D(2)(a) of that Act, designated each of the authorities listed in the Schedule to this Order as regards the financial year beginning in 2005.
The First Secretary of State notified each of those authorities in writing pursuant to section 52E(2) of that Act of his decision to designate it, the principles determined under section 52B of that Act in relation to it, the amount which he proposed should be the maximum for the amount calculated by it as its budget requirement for the year, the target amount for the year (that is the maximum amount which he proposed it could calculate as its budget requirement for the year without the amount calculated being excessive), and the financial year as regards which he expected the amount calculated by it as its budget requirement for that year to be equal to or less than the target amount for that year.
Each of the authorities listed in the Schedule to this Order informed the First Secretary of State by notice in writing under section 52E(5)(a) of that Act that, for the reasons stated in the notice, it believed the maximum amount stated under section 52E(2)(d) of that Act should be such as was stated in its notice.
The First Secretary of State has considered, as regards each authority, the information supplied by it (being information of a kind, and provided in a form specified by him for the purposes of section 52F of the Act), and such other information as he thinks is relevant.
In accordance with section 52F(7)(a) of that Act a draft of this Order was laid before and approved by resolution of the House of Commons.
The First Secretary of State makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 2005 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order applies to authorities in England only( 2 ).
Maximum amounts
2. The amount which the amount calculated by an authority listed in the Schedule to this Order as its budget requirement for the financial year beginning in 2005 is not to exceed is the amount shown against the name of the authority in the Schedule, which amount does not in the case of any such authority exceed the amount already calculated by the authority as its budget requirement for that year.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Phil Woolas
Minister of State Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
20th July 2005
Article 2
SCHEDULE Maximum Amounts
| Authority | Maximum amount |
|---|---|
| The council of the district of Aylesbury Vale | £18,363,000 |
| The council of the district of Daventry | £7,779,000 |
| The council of the district of Hambleton | £7,397,000 |
| The council of the district of Huntingdonshire | £15,160,000 |
| The council of the district of Mid Bedfordshire | £11,193,000 |
| The council of the district of North Dorset | £5,912,000 |
| The council of the borough of Runnymede | £8,193,000 |
| The council of the district of South Cambridgeshire | £11,350,000 |
1992 c. 14 . Sections 52A to 52Z of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 were inserted by section 30 of and Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27) .
Functions under Chapter IVA of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to authorities in England: in relation to authorities in Wales, the functions are exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales: see section 52Z of that Act.