Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 32

The Common Parts Grant (Rateable Value Limits) Order 1988

(The document as of February, 2008. Arhiv.Online Library)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1988 No. 32

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Common Parts Grant (Rateable Value Limits) Order 1988

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Made	12th January 1988

Laid before Parliament

25th January 1988

Coming into force

17th February 1988

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 498C of the Housing Act 1985 (^[1]) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Common Parts Grant (Rateable Value Limits) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 17th February 1988.

Limits of rateable value
    2.    For the purposes of section 498C(1) of the Housing Act 1986, the limit of average rateable value for a building in each of the following areas is as specified below—

Area	Limit
City of Westminster	£500
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	£500
Elsewhere in Greater London	£400
Borough of Hove	£280
Elsewhere in England and Wales	£225

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for the Environment

11th December 1987

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

16th December 1987
We consent,

Tony Durant

Peter Lloyd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

12th January 1988

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Schedule 3 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 inserted provisions into Part XV of the Housing Act 1985, to provide for a new form of grant to be available from a local housing authority, towards the cost of works required for the improvement or repair of the common parts of a building containing one or more flats. This Order specifies the limit of average rateable value of the flats in the building to be applied by the local housing authority, in determining eligibility under these provisions. Different limits are specified for different areas.

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ISBN 0 11 086032 2

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Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 68; section 498C was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63).

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