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Relief for charities and certain sports clubs
Mr Clive Betts NC3 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) In section 43 of the 1988 Act (occupied hereditaments: liability) for subsection (6) there is substituted:
BID: No reimbursement to owner of superior interest
David Davis NC4 To move the following Clause:—'. No owner of a superior property interest shall seek to be entitled to any reimbursement of the allocated proportion from any other owner of an interest in the relevant hereditament other than an interest created after the date on which the BID arrangements come into force.'.
Identification of Land Ownership for BIDs
Mr Edward Davey NC5 To move the following Clause:—'. A local authority or authorities shall, with respect to a Business Improvement District in their area, provide assistance in identifying the ownership of land within that Business Improvement District, when requested to do so by persons drawing up the BID proposals for that area.'.
Notification to non-domestic ratepayers of BID proposal
David Davis NC6 To move the following Clause:—'Prior to the holding of a ballot of relevant non-domestic ratepayers in accordance with section 51(1), the billing authority shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that every non-domestic ratepayer eligible to vote in the ballot shall receive such infomation regarding the BID proposal and such information as will facilitate, each such non-domestic ratepayer being able readily to calculate the amount of BID levy that will be payable by him, as the Secretary of State shall prescribe.'.
BID: estimated bills
David Davis NC7 To move the following Clause:—'.—After section 41 of the 1988 Act insert— A Billing Authority must, no later than 31st October in the year preceding a revaluation, send to non-domestic ratepayers an estimated Bill for the following financial year.'.
Amendment of Local Government Act 2000 (Scrutiny Function)
David Davis NC8 To move the following Clause:—'(1) The Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) is amended as follows. (2) In section 24 (absence of requirement for political balance)—
Amendment of Local Government Act 2000 (Standards)
David Davis NC9 To move the following Clause:—'(1) The Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) is amended as follows. (2) In section 53 (standards committees)—
Valuation: conflicts between judicial and administrative matters
Mr Eric Pickles NC11 To move the following Clause:—'In the event of any conflict between the Valuation Tribunal Service and a Valuation Tribunal over what is an administrative matter within the jurisdiction of the former and what is a judicial or other matter within the jurisdiction of the latter, the Service, a Valuation Tribunal or its President may request the President of the Council on Tribunals to appoint a qualified person to arbitrate between them and he shall do so.'.
Valuation Tribunals: immunity
Mr Eric Pickles NC12 To move the following Clause:—'A member of a Valuation Tribunal or an officer acting as clerk to a tribunal shall not be liable for anything done or omitted in the discharge or purported discharge of his functions as a tribunal member unless the act or omission is shown to have been in bad faith.'.
Regulation of body piercing establishments outside London
David Davis NC14 To move the following Clause:—'The Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9) is amended as follows:— After section 36 insert—
Special responsibility allowances
David Davis NC15 To move the following Clause:—'. Section 18 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Schemes for basic, attendance and special responsibility allowances for local authority members) is amended as follows—
Public bodies (access to meetings)
David Davis NC16 To move the following Clause:—'. In the Local Government Act 1972, after section 100J, there is inserted the following new section—
Provision of services by parish councils
David Davis NC17 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) This section applies to a service or amenity which, within the same local government area, is provided in some areas by a parish council and in other areas by the local authority (a "relevant service"). (2) The accounts of a local authority by whom expenditure is incurred on a relevant service shall include a separate account of that expenditure. (3) The Secretary of State shall make regulations requiring a local authority by whom expenditure is incurred on a relevant service to calculate a different rate of council tax for parish council areas where the relevant service is provided by the parish council from the rate calculated in areas where the relevant service is provided by the local authority. (4) Regulations made under subsection (3) above shall require the level of council tax in areas where the relevant service is provided by the parish council to be less than the level in areas in which the relevant service is provided by the local authority, such that the difference between the aggregate amount of council tax charged in the different areas is equivalent to the cost to the local authority of providing the relevant service. (5) Regulations made under subsection (3) above shall make provision for cases in which more than one relevant service is provided by the same local authority, and for cases in which a relevant service is provided by a local authority only in some of the areas in which it is not provided by a parish council. (6) Regulations shall not be made under subsection (3) above until a draft of them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. (7) In this section—
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