Article 53 Failure to pay instalments
In this article, the expressions “appropriate amount” and “estimated amount” have the same meanings as in regulation 8 of the Regulations.
Subject to article 73, an authority may authorise a contractor to exercise the functions—
where any instalment payable under a demand notice in accordance with Part I of the Schedule is not paid, of serving a further notice on the ratepayer stating the instalments required to be paid;
where, after the service of such a notice, the unpaid balance of the estimated amount in question becomes payable by reason of the ratepayer’s failure to pay an instalment, of calculating the amount payable for the relevant year in relation to the hereditament concerned, and the difference between that amount and the estimated amount;
of preparing and serving a notice stating the amount payable;
where the amount payable exceeds the estimated amount, of requiring the ratepayer to pay an additional sum equal to the difference, and where the amount payable is less than the estimated amount, of repaying any overpayment or crediting any overpayment against any subsequent liability of the ratepayer to pay anything by way of non-domestic rate;
of determining whether any factor or assumption by reference to which the estimated amount was calculated in relation to a hereditament is shown to be false, and calculating the appropriate amount with a view to adjusting the ratepayer’s liability in respect of the estimated amount;
of preparing and serving a notice stating the appropriate amount; and
where the appropriate amount is greater than the estimated amount, of requiring an interim payment from the ratepayer, and where the appropriate amount is less than the amount of the estimated amount paid, of making an interim repayment to the ratepayer.