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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-collection-and-enforcement-local-lists-amendment-regulations-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3089",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-collection-and-enforcement-local-lists-amendment-regulations-1998",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989.\nRegulation 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.\nRegulation 4 introduces a requirement for bailiffs levying distress for unpaid rates to be certificated by the county court.\nRegulation 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.\nRegulation 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3089/note",
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  "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."
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