S.I. No. 587/2009 - Valuation Act 2001 (Fingal County Council) (Rate Limitation) Order 2009.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th January, 2010.

I, JOHN GORMLEY, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 56 of the Valuation Act 2001 , as amended by section 8 of the Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 , having obtained the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby order that Fingal County Council exercise its powers to make rates in such a manner as to secure that the total amount liable to be paid to it in respect of rates made by it for the local financial year 2010 does not exceed an amount determined in accordance with the formula set out in section 56 (2) of the Valuation Act 2001 , as amended, where “A” is the figure 0.944.

This order may be cited as the Valuation Act 2001 (Fingal County Council) (Rate Limitation) Order 2009.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 December 2009.

JOHN GORMLEY,

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE:

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This order requires that Fingal County Council, in exercising its powers to make rates for the financial year 2010, does so in such a way to ensure that the total amount of rates liable to be paid to it does not exceed an amount determined in accordance with the formula set out in section 56 (2) of the Valuation Act 2001 (as amended). This formula relates to the Consumer Price Index (All Items).