{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-34.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1977/2157",
  "legislation_title": "Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "article/34",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Payments to district councils on account of district rates",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall, in respect of each year, pay to each district council in accordance with regulations a sum equal to the product of a district rate made by the council for that year.\n(2) The sums payable under this Article shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund, and for the purpose of providing for such issues the Department may borrow money.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1998 NI 22"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 34 modified (with effect in accordance with art. 4(1) of the amending Rule) by The Local Government (Boundaries) (2008 Act) (Commencement, Transitional Provision and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/238), art. 4(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/2157/article/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:19.076889+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}