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The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

S.R. 2007/52 · Made 29 January 2007

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Made 29th January 2007

Coming into operation 1st April 2007

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

The Department of Finance and Personnelf1, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 7(1) and (3) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f2, makes the following Order.

In accordance with Article 7(4)f3 of that Order it has taken into consideration estimates of the amounts required to be raised by district rates:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Finance; see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Article 3

f2

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “Department”

f3

Article 7(4) was amended by Article 10 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to, the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3164 (N.I. 22))

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Application
  3. 3Regional rates
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007.

2Application

This Order shall apply in respect of the year ending on 31st March 2008.

3Regional rates

(1)

The regional rate to be levied on the rateable net annual values of hereditaments shall be 29.10 pence in the pound.

(2)

The regional rate to be levied on the rateable capital values of hereditaments shall be 0.3608 pence in the pound.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 29th January 2007

L.S.

Brian McClure

A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order fixes the amounts of the regional rates for the year ending 31st March 2008. It fixes 29.10 pence in the pound as the amount of the regional rate to be levied on the rateable net annual values of hereditaments and 0.3608 pence in the pound as the amount of the regional rate to be levied on the rateable capital values of hereditaments.

Hereditaments which are dwelling-houses, private garages and private storage premises have a rateable capital value. Hereditaments which are used partly for the purposes of a private dwelling have a rateable capital value and a rateable net annual value. All other hereditaments have a rateable net annual value.