{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-rate-act-1967/section-58",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-rate-act-1967/section-58.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/9",
  "legislation_title": "General Rate Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-rate-act-1967",
  "path": "section/58",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "Deduction of rates from rent by lessees for short terms.",
  "text": "Where a hereditament is let to the occupier for a term not exceeding three months—\n(a) the occupier shall be entitled to deduct any amount paid by him in respect of rates upon that hereditament s from the rent due or accruing due to the owner, and every such payment shall be a valid discharge of the rent to the extent of the rates so paid ;\n(b) the occupier shall not be compelled to pay to the rating authority at any one time or within any four weeks a greater amount by way of rates than would be due for one quarter of the year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/9/section/58",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:03.371503+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}