s 7 Restriction on payment of rates by instalments.
In section 8 of the 1975 Act (which provides for payment of rates by instalments), after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsections— (7A) In any case where a demand note for rates, chargeable for a year or part only of a year, is for an amount (after any remission, rebate or other deduction to which the rate is subject) less than the prescribed sum the rates shall not be payable in accordance with subsection (1) above but shall be payable in full on or before the date specified by the rating authority in the demand note. (7B) In subsection (7A) above, “ the prescribed sum ” means £20 or such lesser sum as the rating authority may fix. (7C) The Secretary of State may by order, made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, amend subsection (7B) above by substituting for the amount for the time being specified in that subsection such other amount as appears to him to be justified.