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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1880",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Ascertaining entitlement to discounts",
  "text": "(1) In this article and in article 13, the expression “chargeable amount” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Regulations.\n(2) An authority may authorise a contractor for the purposes of calculating the chargeable amount in respect of any dwelling in the authority’s area to—\n(a) take such steps as the contractor considers reasonable to ascertain whether that amount is subject to any discount under section 11 of the Act (discounts) or, in the case of a dwelling in Wales, that section or section 12 of the Act (discounts: special provision for Wales), and if so, the amount of that discount;\n(b) determine whether there is reason to believe that the chargeable amount in respect of a dwelling for the financial year in question is subject to a discount; and\n(c) make the assumption that the chargeable amount either is or is not subject to a discount.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2013/695",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2013"
    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/2013/502",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
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      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2013/502",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1880/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:43.687150+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."
}