Regulation 6 Applications for reliefI1

An application for relief under these Regulations must be signed by the ratepayer or a person authorised to sign on behalf of the ratepayer.

An application under paragraph (1) is to be made to the local authority by—

In this regulation—

• “electronic communication” has the meaning given to it by section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”)^f1;

• “local authority” means the rating authority in whose valuation roll the entry for the lands and heritages appears;

• “person authorised to sign on behalf of the ratepayer” means, where the ratepayer is—

  1. (a)

     a partnership, a partner of that partnership;

  2. (b)

     a trust, a trustee of that trust;

  3. (c)

     a body corporate, a director of that body; and

• “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.