{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-unoccupied-hereditaments-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/schedule/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/36",
  "legislation_title": "Rates (Unoccupied Hereditaments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-unoccupied-hereditaments-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the conditions in sub-paragraph (2), the hereditament is located in an area included within a scheme made under Article 26 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 and the person entitled to possession of the hereditament has qualified for payment from a council assisted under that scheme.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) applies only to a hereditament which—\n(a) is unoccupied due to flooding following heavy rain or tidal surge;\n(b) has been so unoccupied for a continuous period not less than four weeks; and\n(c) when last in occupation was the only or principle residence of the person now entitled to possession of the hereditament.\n(3) Where sub-paragraph (2)(b) applies the exclusion for the unoccupied hereditament will be up to a maximum of six months per incident.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 20 added (5.12.2017) by The Rates (Unoccupied Hereditaments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/231), regs. 1, 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/36/schedule/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:23:23.470718+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."
}