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035			_a(Sirsi) u121476
100			_aMurdie, A.
245			_aReform and revaluation
260			_c2003
490			_aSolicitors` Journal _v172(2) 17 January 2003, 46-47(2)
520			_aExamines proposals set out in the Local Government Bill introducing major changes to local authority finance. Looks at capital finance and charging provisions set out in Parts I, IIand VII, payment of grants (Part III), Business Improvement Districts (Part IV), non-domestic rating provisions set out in Part V includes a separate rating multiplier for small businesses and the SoS will be able to prescribe a small business rate reduction. A revaluation of domestic property for council tax purposes in April 2005 with regular revaluations at 10-year intervals is proposed in Part V. To help council tax enforcements (Part VI) it is proposed that liability orders issued in error will be quashed. Housing finance provisions in Part VII will allow SoS to pay a new subsidy, the Housing Revenue Account, which will help local authorities with the cost of granting rent rebates to tenants. Proposals for setting up a new centralised Valuation Tribunal Service replacing the existing structure are set out in Part VIII. View Local Government Bill at www.parliament.uk/parliament/index.htm.
590			_aABS
650			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL
650			_aNON-DOMESTIC RATING
650			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
650			_aCOUNCIL TAX
650			_aBUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
650			_aVALUATION TRIBUNAL SERVICE
650			_aHOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT
690			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
856			_uhttps://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200203/cmbills/059/2003059.htm _zView Local Government Bill...
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