The Community Charges and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (City of London) Regulations 1992

PART Iinformation to be supplied with community charge demand notices

1.  The estimate of the Common Council and of each relevant precepting authority of its gross expenditure and of its net expenditure for the 1992 financial year and the preceding year for each class of service administered by the Council or authority, and if the Council or authority concerned administers more than one such class of service, a statement of the aggregate of its estimated gross expenditure and of the aggregate of its net expenditure for those years for all the classes administered by it.

2.  In a relevant case, the estimate of the National Rivers Authority of the aggregate of its gross expenditure and of the aggregate of its net expenditure for the 1992 financial year and the preceding year for the services administered by it.

3.  The amount allowed by the Common Council, and by each relevant precepting authority, for contingencies and contributions to or from financial reserves in the making by it of the calculations under section 95(2) and (3) of the Act for the 1992 financial year or in calculating the amount of its precept for the year (as the case may be).

4.  The amount calculated by the Common Council for the 1992 financial year under section 95(4) of the Act, and the amount for the year of the precept of each relevant precepting authority and (in a relevant case) of the levy of the National Rivers Authority.

5.  A breakdown of how the relevant charge was arrived at, made by reference to—

(a)the amounts mentioned in paragraph 4 above;

(b)the amounts the Common Council estimates will be raised for the 1992 financial year from those liable to pay its personal, standard and collective community charges, and

(c)such other amounts as are mentioned in paragraph 1(c) to (g) of Part I of Schedule 1 (but without dividing any amount by the relevant population of the area of the Common Council).

6.  The amount calculated by the Common Council for the year preceding the 1992 financial year under section 95(4) of the Act, and the amount for that preceding year of the precept of each relevant precepting authority and (in a relevant case) of the levy of the National Rivers Authority.

7.  The extent to which, in the opinion of the Common Council, of each relevant precepting authority and (in a relevant case) of the National Rivers Authority, any difference between the amount mentioned in paragraph 4 and the amount mentioned in paragraph 6 for the body is attributable to—

(a)inflation,

(b)differences in the grants received or expected to be received with respect to the year,

(c)changes in the quantity or quality of services provided by the body, and

(d)differences in the income received or expected to be received by way of fees and other charges for its services with respect to the year.

8.  The amount allowed by the Common Council for levies or special levies in the making of the calculation under section 95(2) of the Act for the 1992 financial year.

9.  The estimate of the Common Council and of each relevant precepting authority of the amount of its reserves at the end of the 1992 financial year and the preceding year.

10.  The estimate of the Common Council, of each relevant precepting authority and (in a relevant case) of the National Rivers Authority of its capital expenditure to be incurred in the 1992 financial year.

11.  The estimate of—

(a)the Common Council of the average number of staff employed or to be employed by it in its capacity as a local authority, police authority, or port health authority; and

(b)each relevant precepting authority of the average number of staff employed or to be employed by it,year (expressed in the case of part-time staff in full-time equivalents), and a general explanation by the Council or authority concerned of the reason for any difference between the two.

12.  Where the non-domestic rating multiplier of the Common Council last set by it for the 1992 financial year under Part II of Schedule 7 to the Act is greater than the non-domestic rating multiplier determined for the year under Part I of that Schedule, the estimate of the Common Council of the difference between—

(a)the total which would be payable to it for the year under sections 43 and 45 of the Act if it acted diligently (calculated by reference to the multiplier so set); and

(b)the total which would be payable to it for the year under those sections if it acted diligently and if the multiplier so set were to be the same as the multiplier determined under Part I of that Schedule.

13.  Where an amount is being recovered under the notice concerned in respect of a penalty but the person to whom the notice is issued has not previously been informed of the ground on which the penalty is imposed, a statement of that ground.

14.  Where the notice concerned is given in respect of a personal community charge, a general indication as to the circumstances in which an entitlement to community charge benefit may arise and as to how it may be claimed and the manner in which it is given, together within formation (including an address and telephone number) as to the officer of the Common Council to whom enquiries concerning its availability may be directed.

15.  Where the notice concerned is given in respect of a personal community charge, a general indication as to the circumstances in which an entitlement may arise for the liability in respect of the charge to be found in accordance with rules prescribed under section 13A(2) of the Act, and as to how the entitlement may be claimed, together within formation (including an address and telephone number) as to the officer of the Common Council to whom enquiries concerning the matter may be directed.

16.  Where the notice concerned is given in respect of a standard community charge, a description of every class specified by the Common Council under section 40(3) of the Act(1) with respect to the relevant year and the multiplier applicable to each such class.