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Report Stage Proceedings: 17 December 2012              

223

 

Growth and Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

“54A  

Postponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards

 

(1)    

The Welsh Ministers may by order provide that the lists to which this

 

section applies must be compiled on a date specified in the order (“the

 

specified date”) rather than on 1 April 2015.

 

(2)    

The lists to which this section applies are—

 

(a)    

each local non-domestic rating list that would otherwise have to

 

be compiled on 1 April 2015 for a billing authority in Wales, and

 

(b)    

the central non-domestic rating list that would otherwise have to

 

be compiled for Wales on that date.

 

(3)    

The specified date must be 1 April in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020;

 

and the same date must be specified for each list to which this section

 

applies.

 

(4)    

If an order has effect under this section, section 41 (local rating lists)

 

applies in relation to billing authorities in Wales as if subsection (2)—

 

(a)    

did not require a list to be compiled on 1 April 2015 and on 1

 

April in every fifth year afterwards, but

 

(b)    

instead required a list to be compiled on the specified date and on

 

1 April in every fifth year afterwards.

 

(5)    

If an order has effect under this section, section 52 (central rating lists)

 

applies in relation to Wales as if subsection (2)—

 

(a)    

did not require a list to be compiled on 1 April 2015 and on 1

 

April in every fifth year afterwards, but

 

(b)    

instead required a list to be compiled on the specified date and on

 

1 April in every fifth year afterwards.”

 

(2)    

In section 41 (local rating lists), after subsection (8) insert—

 

“(9)    

This section in its application to Wales is subject to section 54A

 

(postponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards).”

 

(3)    

In section 52 (central rating lists), after subsection (7) insert—

 

“(8)    

This section in its application to Wales is subject to section 54A

 

(postponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards).”

 

(4)    

In section 143 (orders and regulations), after subsection (3B) insert—

 

“(3C)    

The power to make an order under section 54A is exercisable by statutory

 

instrument, and no such order is to be made unless a draft of the order has

 

been laid before and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for

 

Wales.”’.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 17 December 2012              

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Growth and Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Hilary Benn

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

 

Not called  57

 

Page  32,  line  8  [Clause  24],  at end add—

 

‘(11)    

The Secretary of State may not by order appoint for this section to come into force

 

until—

 

(a)    

he has a published calculated estimates of the total numbers of those

 

ratepayers who would be liable to pay more and of those who would be

 

liable to pay less to their billing authority if this section were or were not

 

brought into force, and

 

(b)    

he has consulted with representatives of those likely to be affected by the

 

bringing into force of this section, after publishing the information

 

required under subsection (11)(a).’.

 


 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  33

 

Page  34,  line  24  [Clause  29],  after ‘6,’, insert ‘8, 17, 23,’.

 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not selected  1

 

Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  29],  after ‘Sections’, insert ‘[Restriction of

 

advertisements relating to property lettings], [Local authorities: powers relating to

 

deemed consent].’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  34

 

Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘, 17’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

 

Not called  58

 

Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘17 and 24’ and insert ‘and 17’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  35

 

Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘and 24’ and insert ‘, 24 and [Power to

 

postpone compilation of Welsh rating lists]’.

 


 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

Not selected  2

 

Title,  line  3,  after ‘land;’, insert ‘to make provision about advertisements concerning

 

property lettings;’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 17 December 2012              

225

 

Growth and Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  66

 

Parliamentary Star    

Title,  line  5,  leave out ‘owners’ and insert ‘shareholders’.

 

Bill read the third time, and passed on division.

 


 
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