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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

AIM

To enable council tax revaluation to take place at a suitable future date so that it can be part of a fully developed package of local authority funding reforms.

MAIN PROVISIONS

BILL'S PROGRESS

Responsible department: Office of the Deputy PM

Origin: House of Commons

Introduced: 13 Oct 2005

Second reading: 7 Nov 2005

Committee stage: 15 Nov 2005

Remaining stages: 1 Dec 2005

LORDS:

First reading: 2 Dec 2005

Second reading: 9 Jan 2006

Committee stage: 7 Feb 2006

Report stage: 1 March 2006

Third reading: 8 March 2006

ROYAL ASSENT: 30 March 2006

To remove the requirement as stated in the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for there to be a council tax revaluation in England by April 2007 and at 10 yearly intervals thereafter

To provide powers for a future revaluation date to be set taking account of the Lyons review into local government funding

BACKGROUND

In July 2004 the Government asked Sir Michael Lyons to review local government funding. The Lyons review is expected to report its findings at the end of 2006.