# Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (repealed 19.6.1997), Section 65: Justices not disqualified by reason of being ratepayers.

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A justice of the peace may perform any act in the execution of his office as such a justice in relation to the laws concerning rates leviable by a rating authority , community charges of a charging authority council tax set by a billing authorityor the non-domestic rate of a special authority within the meaning of section 144(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, notwithstanding that the justice is rated to or chargeable with such rates or is liable or would, but for an enactment or anything provided or done under an enactment, be liable to pay an amount in respect of any such community charges such council tax or such non-domestic rate.in the area affected by the act in question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/55/section/65 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1979-repealed-1961997/section-65
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