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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rates-transitional-relief-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/85",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Domestic Rates (Transitional Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rates-transitional-relief-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "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 or any other person authorised by it;\n(ii) a trust, a trustee of that trust or any other person authorised by it;\n(iii) a body corporate, a director of that body or any other person authorised by it; 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 Electronic Communications Act 2000 .\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": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 17(1)(a)(i) inserted (1.4.2019) by The Non-Domestic Rates (Transitional Relief) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/44), regs. 1, 2(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 17(1)(a)(ii) inserted (1.4.2019) by The Non-Domestic Rates (Transitional Relief) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/44), regs. 1, 2(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 17(1)(a)(iii) inserted (1.4.2019) by The Non-Domestic Rates (Transitional Relief) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/44), regs. 1, 2(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2000 c.7; 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/2017/85/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:32.510734+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."
}