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The Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

S.R. 2024/87 · Made 29 March 2024 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Order laid before the Assembly under Article 31D(15) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 and subject to affirmative resolution procedure of the Assembly

Rates

Made 29th March 2024

Coming into operation 15th May 2024

The Department of Finance makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 31D(15) and (16) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28); Article 31D was inserted by section 2 of the Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c.1 (N.I.)) and amended by S.R. 2015 No. 48

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Temporary rebate for certain previously unoccupied hereditaments etc. Repealed
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 15th May 2024.

2Temporary rebate for certain previously unoccupied hereditaments etc.I1

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3RevocationI1

Article 2 of the Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022f1 is revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 29th March 2024

(L.S.)

Andrew McAvoy

A senior officer of the Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 31D of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 provides for a rebate on occupied rates for certain retail properties. This rebate applies to properties which become occupied during the one year period ending on 31st March 2025 after having been unoccupied for a continuous period of at least twelve months. The amount of the rebate is one half of the rates chargeable in respect of the net annual value of the property and is granted for a period of twenty-four months.

The Order also revokes Article 2 of the Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022.