Regulation 9 Amendment of the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2003

In Part 2 of Schedule 2, in the explanatory note headed “Rate relief for businesses in rural areas”, at the end of the first paragraph insert “The 2016 Autumn Statement confirmed the doubling of rural rate relief from 50% to 100% from 1st April 2017. Local authorities will be expected to use their local discount powers to grant 100% rural rate relief to eligible ratepayers from 1st April 2017.”.