The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013
The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 1996 (“the 1996 Order”) makes provision to enable a billing authority in relation to council tax to authorise another person, or that person’s employees, (a “contractor”) to exercise functions relating to the administration and enforcement of council tax. The following local authorities are billing authorities in England and have the functions of a charging authority— the council of a district or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London, the Council of the Isles of Scilly and a county council which has the functions of a district council by virtue of an order under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1992 making provision for local government changes in England