# The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 1996, Article 60: Security for unpaid rates


Subject to article 67, an authority may authorise a contractor to exercise the function conferred under the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1991 of entering into an agreement with a person liable to pay to it an amount under section 43(1) of the Act (occupied hereditaments: liability) or section 45(1) of the Act (unoccupied hereditaments: liability)—
(a) charging any interest of that person in the hereditament concerned to secure payment of the amount and undertaking to take no steps for a specified period to recover any payment in respect of the amount;
(b) extending to any further amount the person may become liable to pay to the authority under section 43 or 45 of the Act as regards the hereditament; and
(c) providing for the payment of interest on sums outstanding or for interest payable to be secured by the charge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1880/article/60 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-contracting-out-of-tax-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-1996/article-60
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