Article 65 Contents of demand notices—England

(1)

In this article—

(a)

“the 1993 Regulations” means the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 1993^f1; and

(b)

the expressions “council tax demand notice” and “rate demand notice” have the same meaning as in the 1993 Regulations.

(2)

In relation to the function of preparing and serving a council tax demand notice or a rate demand notice, a contractor shall ensure that all such notices are prepared and served in compliance with the 1993 Regulations, and, without prejudice to the generality of this obligation, that—

(a)

subject to regulation 3(2) of the 1993 Regulations, all council tax demand notices contain the matters specified in Schedule 1 to those Regulations;

(b)

except where the notice is served after the end of the financial year to which the demand for payment made by the notice relates, the information mentioned in Part I of Schedule 3 to the 1993 Regulations is supplied to the person on whom a council tax demand notice is served at the same time as the notice is served;

(c)

all rate demand notices served on behalf of the Common Council of the City of London contain the matters mentioned in Part II of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Regulations;

(d)

all rate demand notices served on behalf of any other billing authority contain the matters mentioned in Part I of that Schedule; and

(e)

except where the notice is served after the end of the financial year to which the demand for payment made by the notice relates, the information mentioned in Part II of Schedule 3 to the 1993 Regulations is supplied to the person on whom a rate demand notice is served at the same time as the notice is served.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1993/191, amended by S.I. 1995/23 and S.I. 1995/121 and article 74 of this Order.