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The Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

2006/2954 · Made 14 November 2006 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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NORTHERN IRELAND

Made 14th November 2006

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of November 2006

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order in Council has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–

Contents

  1. Part I: INTRODUCTORY
  2. 1Title and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. Part II: GENERAL
  5. Regional rate and district rate
  6. 3Regional rate and district rate
  7. 4Police purposes part of the regional rate Not yet in force
  8. Rateable values
  9. 5Rateable values
  10. 6Liability to be rated according to rateable values
  11. 7Liability to be rated in respect of hereditaments owned by the Housing Executive, etc.
  12. 8Basis of valuation
  13. Payment by instalments
  14. 9Right to pay rates by instalments
  15. Deferred payment of rates
  16. 10Agreements for deferred payment of rates on dwellings
  17. Part III: VALUATION LISTS
  18. 11General provisions as to valuation lists
  19. 12New valuation lists
  20. 13Access to valuation lists
  21. Part IV: RELIEFS AND EXEMPTIONS ETC.
  22. Rate relief
  23. 14Rate relief scheme
  24. Persons under 18 and persons in education and training or leaving care
  25. 15Persons under 18 and persons in education and training or leaving care
  26. Persons with a disability
  27. 16“Disability”
  28. 17Rate rebates for certain hereditaments with special facilities for persons with a disability
  29. Transitional relief
  30. 18Transitional rate relief
  31. Charitable exemptions
  32. 19Extension of exemption relating to sale of goods donated to a charity
  33. 20Extension of charitable exemption for clergy residences
  34. Unoccupied hereditaments
  35. 21Power to prescribe exemption where hereditament has both a capital value and a net annual value Repealed
  36. 22Power to remove exemption for unoccupied dwelling-houses, etc.
  37. 23Power to prescribe reduction in amount payable
  38. Former agricultural land, etc.
  39. 24Reduction of rates on former agricultural land, etc.
  40. Other exemptions
  41. 25Exemption for automatic telling machines in rural areas
  42. 26Power to remove exemption for private dwellings from completion notices Repealed
  43. 27Power to extend exemption from completion notices
  44. Reduction of regional rate on dwellings
  45. 28Abolition of reduction of regional rate on dwellings
  46. Part V: APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS
  47. Valuation Tribunal
  48. 29The Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal
  49. Applications under Article 49 of the principal Order
  50. 30Frivolous or vexatious applications
  51. 31Transfer of application from the district valuer to the Commissioner
  52. Appeals to the Commissioner under Article 51 of the principal Order
  53. 32Power to transfer appeal to the Lands Tribunal not to apply in prescribed cases
  54. Appeals from the Commissioner and the Valuation Tribunal
  55. 33Appeals from the Commissioner and the Valuation Tribunal
  56. Part VI: MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
  57. Payment of interest
  58. 34Payment of interest
  59. Rating of owners instead of occupiers
  60. 35Rating of owners instead of occupiers in certain cases
  61. Powers to require information
  62. 36Power to require information about occupiers of hereditaments in capital value list, etc.
  63. 37Power to require information for valuation list purposes
  64. Powers of entry
  65. 38Powers of entry
  66. Amendments
  67. 39Amendments
  68. Transitional and consequential provisions, etc.
  69. 40Power to make transitional and consequential provisions, etc.
  70. Repeals
  71. 41Repeals
  72. Signature
  73. Schedule 1: SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED IN PRINCIPAL ORDER AS SCHEDULE 9B
  74. Paragraph
  75. Schedule 2: AMENDMENTS
  76. Part: The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
  77. 1Paragraph 1
  78. Part: The principal Order
  79. 2Paragraph 2
  80. 3Paragraph 3
  81. 4Paragraph 4
  82. 5Paragraph 5
  83. 6Paragraph 6
  84. 7Paragraph 7
  85. 8Paragraph 8
  86. 9Paragraph 9
  87. 10Paragraph 10
  88. 11Paragraph 11
  89. 12Paragraph 12
  90. 13Paragraph 13
  91. 14Paragraph 14
  92. 15Paragraph 15
  93. 16Paragraph 16
  94. 17Paragraph 17
  95. 18Paragraph 18
  96. 19Paragraph 19
  97. 20Paragraph 20
  98. 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
  99. 22Paragraph 22 Repealed
  100. 23Paragraph 23 Repealed
  101. 24Paragraph 24
  102. 25Paragraph 25
  103. 26Paragraph 26
  104. 27Paragraph 27
  105. 28Paragraph 28
  106. 29Paragraph 29
  107. 30Paragraph 30
  108. 31Paragraph 31
  109. 32Paragraph 32
  110. 33Paragraph 33
  111. 34Paragraph 34
  112. 35Paragraph 35
  113. 36Paragraph 36
  114. 37Paragraph 37
  115. 38Paragraph 38
  116. 39Paragraph 39
  117. 40Paragraph 40
  118. 41Paragraph 41
  119. 42Paragraph 42
  120. 43Paragraph 43
  121. 44Paragraph 44
  122. 45Paragraph 45
  123. 46Paragraph 46
  124. 47Paragraph 47 Repealed
  125. 48Paragraph 48
  126. 49Paragraph 49
  127. 50Paragraph 50
  128. Part: The Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 4)
  129. 51Paragraph 51
  130. Part: The Rates (Capital Values, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (NI 4)
  131. 52Paragraph 52
  132. Schedule 3REPEALS
  133. Explanatory note