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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 12 February 2009

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Business Rate Supplements Bill

 

Project Delivery Board

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Lorely Burt

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Where a levying authority imposes a BRS it shall set up a body corporate called

 

the Project Delivery Board (in this Act referred to to as “the Board”) to oversee

 

delivery of the project to be funded by the BRS.

 

(2)    

Schedule [Project Delivery Board] is about the Board.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Lorely Burt

 

NS1

 

To move the following Schedule:—

 

‘Project Delivery Board

 

1          

A Board shall be established at the first instance of an initial prospectus being

 

published for the imposition of an approved BRS.

 

2          

A Board shall exisit for the period in which the BRS is in existence.

 

3          

The members of the Board are to be appointed by the relevant levying

 

authority in the following way—

 

(a)    

a third are to be representatives from the affected local authority;

 

(b)    

a third are to be representatives from the affected local business

 

community;

 

(c)    

the remainder is to be made up of members appointed as thought

 

appropriate by the relevant levying authority.

 

4          

In appointing members to the Board the levying authority must have regard to

 

the desirability of securing that the Board is able to perform its functions

 

effectively and efficiently.

 

5          

Where two or more levying authorities are acting jointly by virtue of a BRS the

 

Board shall be established by arrangement between those levying authorities.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 12 February 2009                  

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

 
 

6          

The Board’s functions are to be specified by regulations.

 

7          

Regulations under paragraph 6 must be made by the Secretary of State within

 

90 days of the commencement of this Act.

 

8          

Regulations under paragraph 6 may authorise a levying authority to use a

 

prescribed proportion of such sums as it collects or recovers in respect of a

 

BRS to meet expenses incurred by the Board.

 

9          

Expenses incurred under paragraph 8 may not extend to a salary for any Board

 

member.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

Lorely Burt

 

1

 

Page  13,  line  6,  leave out Clause 19.

 


 
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