{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-31.json",
  "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/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part",
  "text": "(1) In Parts IV and V of this Order, except in so far as the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;\n“authority” means a local authority which has the functions of a charging authority under Part I of the Act; and\n“the Regulations” means the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989, and any reference to a regulation is to be construed as a reference to a regulation of those regulations.\n(2) Subject to any provision to the contrary made in this Order—\n(a) the expressions “chargeable person” and “demand notice” have the same meanings in Parts IV and V of this Order as in Part III of the Regulations;\n(b) the expressions “debtor” and “liability order” have the same meanings in Parts IV and V of this Order as in Part IV of the Regulations; and\n(c) any other expressions used in Part IV or Part V of this Order which are also used in the Regulations have the same meaning as in the Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/438; relevant amendments have been made by S.I. 1989/1057, S.I. 1989/2274, S.I. 1992/219, S.I. 1992/474, and S.I. 1992/775. There are other amendments which are not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1880/article/31",
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  },
  "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."
}