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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rates-district-heating-relief-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rates-district-heating-relief-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/61",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Domestic Rates (District Heating Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rates-district-heating-relief-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Applications for relief",
  "text": "(1) An application for relief must be signed by the ratepayer or a person authorised to sign on behalf of the ratepayer, and—\n(a) “person authorised to sign on behalf of the ratepayer” means, where the ratepayer is—\n(i) a partnership, a partner of that partnership;\n(ii) a trust, a trustee of that trust;\n(iii) a body corporate, a director of that body; and\n(b) “sign” or “signed”, in relation to an application made by electronic communication means an electronic signature, as defined in section 7(2) of the 2000 Act .\n(2) An application under paragraph (1) must be made to the local authority by—\n(a) addressing it to the authority; and\n(b) delivering it or sending it to the authority's office by post or electronic communication.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 7(2) was amended by S.I. 2016/696."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/61/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:50.354062+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."
}