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The Rates (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

S.R. 2022/13 · Made 21 January 2022

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Rates

Made 21st January 2022

Coming into operation 1st February 2022

The Department of Financef1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 8 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

The Department of Finance and Personnel was renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

f2

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28); Article 61(2B) was inserted by paragraph 38(4) of Schedule 2 to the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2954 (N.I. 18)).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Rates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Rates (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and comes into operation on 1st February 2022.

2Amendment of the Rates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

In regulation 2(1) of the Rates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007f1, for “1st March” substitute “15th February”.

3Revocation

The Rates (Coronavirus: Making of District Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021f1 are revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 21st January 2022

L.S.

Sharon Magee

A senior officer of the Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations restore the date by which a district council must make their district rate for a forthcoming rating year from 1st March to 15th February.

The change is made following a temporary adjustment during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to allow district councils more time to address financial planning considerations.

Article 1 provides for citation and commencement.

Article 2 makes an amendment to the Rates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 to restore the date by which a district council must make the district rates from 1st March back to 15th February.