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| | “11B | Higher amount for second homes: England |
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| | (1) | For any financial year, a billing authority in England may by |
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| | determination provide in relation to its area, or such part of its area as it |
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| | may specify in the determination, that if on any day a dwelling is a second |
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| | (a) | the discount under section 11(2)(a) shall not apply, and |
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| | (b) | the amount of council tax payable in respect of that dwelling and |
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| | that day shall be increased by such percentage of not more than |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe one or more classes |
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| | of dwelling in relation to which a billing authority may not make a |
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| | determination under this section. |
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| | (3) | A class of dwellings may be prescribed under subsection (2) by reference |
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| | to such factors as the Secretary of State thinks fit and may, in particular, |
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| | be prescribed by reference to— |
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| | (a) | the physical characteristics of, or other matters relating to, |
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| | (b) | the circumstances of, or other matters relating to, any person who |
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| | is liable to the amount of council tax concerned. |
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| | (4) | Where a determination under this section has effect in relation to a class |
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| | (a) | the billing authority may not make a determination under section |
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| | 11A(3), (4) or (4A) in relation to that class, and |
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| | (b) | any determination that has been made under section 11A(3), (4) |
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| | or (4A) ceases to have effect in relation to that class. |
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| | (5) | A billing authority may make a determination varying or revoking a |
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| | determination under this section for a financial year, but only before the |
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| | (6) | A billing authority which makes a determination under this section must |
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| | publish a notice of it in at least one newspaper circulating in its area and |
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| | do so before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date of |
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| | (7) | Failure to comply with subsection (6) does not affect the validity of a |
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| | (8) | For the purposes of this section, the Secretary of State may by regulations |
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| | prescribe the definition of a dwelling to be considered a “second home”. |
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| | (3) | In section 11(2) (discounts: no chargeable residents) after “sections 11A”, insert |
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| | (4) | In section 11A (discounts: special provision for England) after subsection (4B) |
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| | (inserted by section 9) insert— |
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| | “(4D) | Subsections (3), (4) and (4A) are subject to section 11B (4).”. |
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| | (5) | In section 66(2)(b) (matters to be questioned only by judicial review), after |
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| | “section 8(2), 11A”, insert “, 11B”. |
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| | (6) | In section 67(2)(a) (functions to be discharged only by authority), after “section |
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| | 8(2), 11A”, insert “, 11B”.’. |
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| | Impact on economic development |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Before the end of one year after the commencement of this Act, and every three |
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| | years thereafter, the Secretary of State must lay before the House a report on the |
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| | impact of the provisions of this Act on economic development in each region of |
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| | England, including the impact on manufacturing, retail, service industries and |
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| | small and medium sized enterprises.’. |
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| | Impact on service provision |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Before the end of one year after the commencement of this Act, and every three |
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| | years thereafter, the Secretary of State must lay before the House a report on the |
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| | impact of the provisions of this Act on the level of service provision in local |
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| | authorities including an assessment of the impact on— |
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| | (b) | children’s services, and |
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| | (c) | such other services as the Secretary of State thinks fit.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall establish a mechanism to allow local authorities to |
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| | make representations on whether they believe a re-set of the system is required. |
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| | The Secretary of State shall, prior to the publication of the Local Government |
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| | Financial Report in any year, give consideration to any representations he has |
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| | received and must lay before the House of Commons a report detailing— |
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| | (a) | any representations he has received from local authorities on whether it |
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| | would be appropriate to re-set the system, and |
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| | (b) | his or her decision on such representations and the reasons for that |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In designating areas under paragraph 37 of Schedule 1 the Secretary of State |
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| | (a) | the level of need within the local authority as defined in section ( ) |
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| | (b) | the likely social and economic benefits to residents within the local |
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| | authority area resulting from such a designation.’. |
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| | Order of the House [10 January 2012] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Local Government Finance Bill: |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House. |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in three |
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| | 3. | The proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the |
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| | 4. | The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table. |
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| | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| | | | Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clause 2, |
| The moment of interruption on the |
| | | | Schedule 2, Clauses 3 to 5, |
| | | | | Schedule 3, Clauses 6 and 7, new |
| | | | | Clauses relating to non-domestic |
| | | | | rates, new Schedules relating to |
| | | | | | | | | | Clause 8, Schedule 4, Clauses 9 to |
| The moment of interruption on the |
| | | | 16, new Clauses relating to council |
| | | | | tax, new Schedules relating to |
| | | | | council tax, remaining new Clauses, |
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| | Consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 5. | Any proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) |
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| | be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the |
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| | day on which those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 6. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which |
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| | those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 7. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the |
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| | proceedings on the Bill in Committee of the whole House, to any proceedings |
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| | on Consideration or to proceedings on Third Reading. |
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| | 8. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the |
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| | Lords) may be programmed. |
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