Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989.

Regulation 3 requires an interval of 14 days to elapse, after the service of a summons on a person who owes sums by way of non-domestic rates, before a liability order may be made against him.

Regulation 4 introduces a requirement for bailiffs levying distress for unpaid rates to be certificated by the county court.

Regulation 5 enables billing authorities to recover their costs, up to prescribed maxima, of securing a warrant of commitment to prison as well as the debt itself where the debt is paid after the issue of a warrant.

Regulation 6 revises the levels of certain fees which may be charged in respect of distress. These are increased, on average, by a factor of approximately 25 per cent.