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| | New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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| | Local Government Finance Bill
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| | | The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House |
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| | Schedule 1, page 16, line 29, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(6A) | Where the original calculations did not show that a relevant authority was to |
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| | | make a payment to the Secretary of State, but the revised calculations show |
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| | | that the authority is to make a payment to the Secretary of State— |
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| | | (a) | the authority must make that payment to the Secretary of State, and |
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| | | (b) | the authority must make a payment to the Secretary of State of an |
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| | | amount equal to the amount of the payment shown by the original |
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| | | calculations as falling to be made by the Secretary of State to the |
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| | Schedule 1, page 16, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(8A) | Where the original calculations did not show that the Secretary of State was to |
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| | | make a payment to a relevant authority, but the revised calculations show that |
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| | | the Secretary of State is to make a payment to the authority— |
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| | | (a) | the Secretary of State must make that payment to the authority, and |
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| | | (b) | the Secretary of State must make a payment to the authority of an |
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| | | amount equal to the amount of the payment shown by the original |
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| | | calculations as falling to be made by the authority to the Secretary of |
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| | Schedule 1, page 17, line 10, after ‘(6)’ insert ‘or (6A)’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 17, line 18, after ‘(8)’ insert ‘or (8A)’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 17, line 37, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | The Secretary of State must also lay before the House of Commons his or her |
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| | | assessment of the impact which any such report will have on the level of |
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| | | service provision in any local authority to which it applies. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 19, line 8, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | Where the relevant previous calculations did not show that a relevant authority |
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| | | was to make a payment to the Secretary of State, but the revised calculations |
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| | | show that the authority is to make a payment to the Secretary of State— |
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| | | (a) | the authority must make that payment to the Secretary of State, and |
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| | | (b) | the authority must make a payment to the Secretary of State of an |
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| | | amount equal to the amount of the payment shown by the relevant |
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| | | previous calculations as falling to be made by the Secretary of State to |
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| | Schedule 1, page 19, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(6A) | Where the relevant previous calculations did not show that the Secretary of |
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| | | State was to make a payment to a relevant authority, but the revised |
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| | | calculations show that the Secretary of State is to make a payment to the |
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| | | (a) | the Secretary of State must make that payment to the authority, and |
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| | | (b) | the Secretary of State must make a payment to the authority of an |
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| | | amount equal to the amount of the payment shown by the relevant |
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| | | previous calculations as falling to be made by the authority to the |
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| | Schedule 1, page 21, line 12, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 21, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | The regulations must specify the definition of a “disproportionate gain” which |
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| | | is used to calculate whether a relevant authority is required to make a levy |
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| | Schedule 1, page 22, line 19, at beginning insert— |
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| | | ‘(1) | If a calculation under paragraph 21 shows that a levy payment is to be made to |
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| | | the Secretary of State by a relevant authority, the Secretary of State must— |
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| | | (a) | notify the authority of the amount of levy he deems to be payable; |
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| | | (b) | allow the authority twenty-eight days to make representations either |
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| | | about the basis of the calculation of the levy payment or its accuracy, |
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| | | (c) | give due consideration to the authority’s representations before |
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| | | issuing a final determination.’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 22, line 22, at beginning insert ‘Following a final determination’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 22, line 28, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 23, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5) | The regulations must make provision for safety-net payments to be made to |
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| | | relevant authorities whose calculated funding is less than the relevant funding |
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| | | calculated in regard to the authority fulfilling its integrated risk management |
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| | Schedule 1, page 24, line 28, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 24, line 37, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 25, line 34, at end insert ‘Any such distribution must be made on |
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| | the basis of the level of need in any local authority receiving a payment as defined in |
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| | Schedule 1, page 25, line 38, after ‘distribution”)’, insert ‘including the level of |
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| | need in any local authority as defined in Schedule 1’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 26, line 19, leave out from ‘made’ to end of line 22 and insert |
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| | ‘within the following financial year’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 31, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | The regulations may provide that the calculated amount be exempt from changes |
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| | | connected to the re-set of the non-domestic rates retention system.’. |
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 19, leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 36, line 42, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | In determining whether or not to pay a grant to any authority named above the |
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| | | Secretary of State must satisfy him or herself— |
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| | | (a) | that the resources available to any local authority (including payments |
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| | | made under Schedule 1 of this Act) are sufficient to meet the needs of |
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| | | (b) | that there has been no significant change in the circumstances of the |
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| | | local authority resulting in a substantial increase in demand for the |
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| | | authority’s services or for reductions in council tax.’. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 37, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5A) | Require the local authority to produce an assessment of the impact of the scheme |
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| | | on the living standards of people in the area including— |
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| | | (a) | those of working age in employment and actively seeking work, |
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| | | (b) | those in receipt of benefits including disability benefits, and |
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| | | (c) | persons of pensionable age.’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 21, leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 35, leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 5, leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | Schedule 3, page 44, line 14, leave out ‘12(8)’ and insert ‘12(8) or (8A)’. |
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| | Schedule 3, page 44, line 16, leave out ‘15(6)’ and insert ‘15(6) or (6A)’. |
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| | Schedule 3, page 44, line 43, leave out ‘12(6)’ and insert ‘12(6) or (6A)’. |
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| | Schedule 3, page 44, line 45, leave out ‘15(4)’ and insert ‘15(4) or (4A)’. |
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| | Schedule 3, page 45, line 44, leave out ‘12(2) and (8)’ insert ‘12(2), (8) and (8A)’. |
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| | Schedule 3, page 45, line 44, leave out ‘15(6)’ insert ‘15(6) and (6A)’. |
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| | Schedule 3, page 46, line 3, leave out ‘12(1) and (6)’ insert ‘12(1), (6) and (6A)’. |
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| | Schedule 3, page 46, line 3, leave out ‘15(4)’ insert ‘15(4) and (4A)’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 22, leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| | New clauses relating to non-domestic rates |
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| | | Major redevelopment schemes: non-domestic rate income |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | In any case where a relevant authority proposes a major redevelopment scheme |
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| | | resulting in a substantial loss of non-domestic rate income for a period exceeding |
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| | | one year, the authority may make an application to the Secretary of State for a |
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| | | safety-net payment to be made to the authority each year for the period of the |
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| | | scheme. The Secretary of State must determine whether to make such a payment |
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| | | (a) | the proportion of non-domestic rate income which will be lost to the |
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| | | authority for the period of the scheme, and |
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| | | (b) | the future social and economic benefits of the scheme. |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State must notify the authority of his or her decision on whether |
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| | | or not to grant a safety-net payment and allow the authority 28 days to make |
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| | | representations about his or her decision before issuing a final determination.’. |
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