Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 135
Rating And Valuation, England
The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2015
Approved by the House of Commons
Made
7th January 2015
Laid before the House of Commons
7th January 2015
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2015;
(b) comes into force on the day after the day in which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons, provided that the time condition in paragraph (2) is met; and
(c) applies in relation to England only.
(2) The “time condition” is that the approval of the Order must be given before the approval by the House of Commons of the local government finance report for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2015.
Non-domestic rating multiplier
2. For the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 B is specified as 256.9 for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2015.
Mark Lancaster
Gavin Barwell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
7th January 2015