Local Government Finance Bill (HC Bill 122)

Contents

1. Part 1

   Local government finance settlement: England

   1. Local retention of non-domestic rates

      1. 1. Local retention of 100% of non-domestic rates

      2. 2. Loss payments

      3. 3. Designation of areas by pools of authorities

   2. Council tax increases

      1. 4. Determination of principles for determining whether council tax excessive

2. Part 2

   Non-domestic rating in England

   1. Non-domestic rating multipliers

      1. 5. Power to specify indexation rate for non-domestic rating multipliers

      2. 6. Power to reduce non-domestic rating multipliers

   2. Reliefs

      1. 7. Relief for rural shops, etc

      2. 8. Relief for telecommunications infrastructure

      3. 9. Discretionary relief for public toilets

      4. 10. Central non-domestic rating: other reliefs

   3. Administration

      1. 11. Central non-domestic rating lists

      2. 12. Power to require billing authorities to offer electronic billing, etc

      3. 13. Power to issue guidance about notices relating to non-domestic rates

      4. 14. Provision of digital etc services by HMRC: preparatory expenditure

3. Part 3

   Infrastructure supplements

   1. Power to impose infrastructure supplements

      1. 15. Power to impose infrastructure supplements

      2. 16. Relevant authorities

      3. 17. Use of money raised by infrastructure supplements

   2. Conditions for imposing infrastructure supplements

      1. 18. Conditions for imposing infrastructure supplements

      2. 19. Prospectus

      3. 20. Consultation

   3. Liability to infrastructure supplements

      1. 21. Liability to infrastructure supplements

      2. 22. Rateable value condition

      3. 23. Chargeable amount

      4. 24. Infrastructure supplement relief

      5. 25. Regulations to deal with joint ownership, joint occupation or death

   4. Variation of infrastructure supplements

      1. 26. Variation of infrastructure supplements

   5. Administration of infrastructure supplements

      1. 27. Notice to billing authorities before start of financial year

      2. 28. Notice to billing authorities during financial year

      3. 29. Calculations for financial year

      4. 30. Collection and enforcement

      5. 31. Administrative expenses

   6. Supplementary

      1. 32. Provision of information

      2. 33. Guidance

      3. 34. Regulations

   7. General

      1. 35. Crown application

      2. 36. Interpretation of Part 3

4. Part 4

   Other local levies

   1. Property owner levy

      1. 37. Business improvement districts: property owner arrangements and levy

   2. Business rate supplement

      1. 38. Power of mayoral combined authorities to impose business rate supplements

5. Part 5

   Final provisions

   1. 39. Power to make consequential provision

   2. 40. Financial provisions

   3. 41. Extent

   4. 42. Commencement and short title

6. 1. Schedule 1

      Local retention of non-domestic rates

      1. Part 1

         Amendments of Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act

      2. Part 2

         Amendments of other legislation

   2. Schedule 2

      Power to reduce non-domestic rating multipliers

   3. Schedule 3

      Relief for telecommunications infrastructure

   4. Schedule 4

      Infrastructure supplements: information to be included in a
      prospectus

   5. Schedule 5

      Business improvement districts: property owner
      arrangements and levy

      1. Part 1

         Property owner arrangements and levy

      2. Part 2

         Amendments relating to property owner arrangements and
         levy

      3. Part 3

         Transitional and saving provision