Local Government Finance Act 1988

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Local Government Finance Act 1988
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to create community charges in favour of certain authorities, to create new rating systems, to provide for precepting by certain authorities and levying by certain bodies, to make provision about the payment of grants to certain authorities, to require certain authorities to maintain certain funds, to make provision about the capital expenditure and the administration of the financial affairs of certain authorities, to abolish existing rates, precepts and similar rights, to abolish rate support grants and supplementary grants for transport purposes, to make amendments as to rates and certain grants, to make certain amendments to the law of Scotland as regards community charges, rating and valuation, to provide for the establishment of valuation and community charge tribunals, and for connected purposes.
Citation1988 Chapter 41
Territorial extentUK, except Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent29 July 1988
Commencement1 April 1989
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Local Government Finance Act 1988 introduced significant reforms to local taxation in the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland). The old systems of rates were replaced by the Community Charge (for individuals) and business rates (for businesses). The Community Charge was extremely unpopular, leading to the poll tax riots of 1990,[1] and contributing to the resignation of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister later that year.[2]

The sections of the Act pertaining to the Community Charge were repealed by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, which introduced the new Council Tax as a replacement from 1993.

Section 114[]

A Section 114 Notice is issued by a public body's Chief Finance Officer (or Section 151 officer) to prevent any new expenditure, other than funding statutory services. It takes its name from Section 114(3) of the act.[3][4] Section 114 notices have been issued by Hackney Council in 2000, Northamptonshire Council in 2018, Croydon Council in 2020[5] and Slough Council in 2021.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "1990: Violence flares in poll tax demonstration". On This Day. BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. ^ "1991: Heseltine unveils new property tax". On This Day. BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Local Government Finance Act 1988: Section 114", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1988 c. 41 (s. 114), retrieved 27 November 2021
  4. ^ Statement of the Chief Financial Officer on Reserves, Robustness of Estimates and Affordability and Prudence of Capital Investments (PDF) (Report). Oldham Council. 26 February 2020. p. 28. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Croydon Council bans new spending under Section 114 notice". BBC News. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ Local authority financial sustainability and the section 114 regime (pdf) (Report). 2. Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. 14 July 2021. p. 31.

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