# The Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Article 3: Service by post of process in proceedings for recovery of rates


For Article 62 of the 1977 NI 28 Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (service of demand note, etc., by post) there shall be substituted the following Article—
“Service of documents
62 (1) The following documents, that is to say,—
(a) a demand note under Article 9(4); and
(b) a certificate under Article 49(2) of an alteration made by the district valuer in the valuation list or a notice under Article 49(3) of a decision by the district valuer that no alteration should be made in the valuation list,
may be served on, respectively, the person charged with a rate and the persons mentioned in Article 56(8) or the person who applied for revision of the list by being sent to him or them by ordinary post.
(2) A process under Part VI of the 1981 NI 26 Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 for the recovery of any sum due to the Department of the Environment on account of a rate may be served—
(a) by being sent by that Department by ordinary post; or
(b) by any mode of service permitted by magistrates' courts rules.
(3) In section 24(1) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (service of documents), as it applies to the service by post of such a note, certificate, notice or process, the word “registering” shall be omitted.”
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/2024/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rates-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1986/article-3
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