# Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Hereditaments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

S.R. 2010/37 · made 18 February 2010

Under Article 25A of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, as amended, rates are payable on unoccupied properties that fall within a class prescribed by Regulations. The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Hereditaments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”) prescribe a class consisting of all non-domestic buildings or parts of buildings except those listed in the Schedule to those Regulations.

Made under: Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (Article 25A, Schedule 8A paragraph 1)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-unoccupied-hereditaments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/pdf/nisr_20100037_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-unoccupied-hereditaments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/pdf/nisrem_20100037_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Rates
Made 18th February 2010
Coming into operation 1st April 2010
The Department of Finance and Personnel makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 25A(6) of, and paragraph 1(1) to (3) of Schedule 8A to, the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Hereditaments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.

## 2 Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Hereditaments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

(1) The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Hereditaments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 2 of the Schedule there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(a) is a company limited by guarantee within the meaning of Part I of the Companies Act 2006;”.
(3) For paragraph 12 of the Schedule there shall be substituted—
“12. The person entitled to possession of the hereditament is—
(a) a company in administration within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule B1 to the 1989 Order or is subject to an administration order made under the former administration provisions within the meaning of Article 2 of the Insolvency (2005 Order) (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006; or
(b) a company which is subject to a winding-up order made under the 1989 Order or which is being wound up voluntarily under that Order.”.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 18th February 2010
L.S.
Brian McClure
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Under Article 25A of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, as amended, rates are payable on unoccupied properties that fall within a class prescribed by Regulations. The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Hereditaments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”) prescribe a class consisting of all non-domestic buildings or parts of buildings except those listed in the Schedule to those Regulations.
Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations updates a statutory reference in the 2007 Regulations.
Regulation 2(3) of these Regulations adds an exception to the 2007 Regulations to provide that rates will not be payable on an unoccupied property where the person entitled to possession of the property is a company in administration.

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