Regulation 17 Personal and standard community charges: payments

Unless an agreement under paragraph (3) in relation to the relevant year has been reached between the charging authority and the chargeable person before the demand notice is issued, a notice to which regulation 16(2) applies shall require the amount mentioned in regulation 16(3) to be paid by instalments in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1; and where such instalments are required Part II of the Schedule applies for their cessation or adjustment in the circumstances described in that Part.

If an agreement under paragraph (3) in relation to the relevant year has been reached between the charging authority and the chargeable person before the demand notice is issued, a notice to which regulation 16(2) applies shall require the amount mentioned in regulation 16(3) to be paid in accordance with that agreement.

A charging authority and a chargeable person may agree that the amount mentioned in regulation 16(3) which is required to be paid under a notice to which regulation 16(2) applies should be paid in such manner as is provided by the agreement, rather than in accordance with Schedule 1.

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this regulation, such an agreement may be entered into either before or after the demand notice concerned is issued, and may make provision for the cessation or adjustment of payments, and for the making of fresh estimates, in the event of the estimate mentioned in regulation 16(3) turning out to be wrong; and if it is entered in into after the demand notice has been issued, it may make provision dealing with the treatment for the purposes of the agreement of any sums paid in accordance with Schedule 1 before it was entered into.

A notice to which regulation 16(4) or (6) applies shall require payment of the amount concerned on the expiry of such period (being not less than 14 days) after the day of issue of the notice as is specified in it.