Explanatory Memorandum to Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Explanatory Memorandum

Article 10: Agreement for deferred payment of rates on dwellings

22.This Article provides for the introduction of a scheme through regulations that allows the Department to enter into agreements with owner-occupiers of pensionable age (i.e. state pension age) to defer rates on domestic property in their name provided certain conditions are satisfied. This is subject to the approval of the Assembly.

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