Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Prescribed Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 24th May 2004.
2
In these Regulations –
“the 1977 Order” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977; and
“estate agency work” has the same meaning as in the Estate Agents Act 19793.
Information to be provided by a relevant person2
For the purposes of Article 26(2A) of the 1977 Order, the following information is prescribed in relation to a notice served under that paragraph in respect of any hereditament, that is to say:
a
where the notice is served on a district council, the name and address of any person who, on a date or during a period specified in the notice –
i
made an application to that council for refuse to be collected from the hereditament;
ii
made an application to that council for an entertainments licence to be granted, renewed or transferred in respect of the hereditament under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 19854;
b
where the notice is served on a person who the Department has reason to believe is or has been doing estate agency work in respect of the hereditament on a date or during a period specified in the notice, the name and address of any person on whose instructions any such work was done;
c
where the notice is served on a person who the Department has reason to believe is or has been a statutory undertaker (within the meaning of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 19915), the name and address of any person who, on a date or during a period specified in the notice, was supplied or provided with, or was entitled to the supply or provision of, any goods or services by the undertaker at the hereditament;
d
where the notice is served on a person who the Department has reason to believe is or has been a communications provider (within the meaning of the Communications Act 20036) or a public telecommunications operator (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 19847), the name and address of any person who, on a date or during a period specified in the notice, was provided with, or was entitled to the provision of, any goods or services by the provider or operator at the hereditament;
e
where the notice is served on a person who the Department has reason to believe is or has been a person on whom a notice may be served under Article 26(1) or (2) of the 1977 Order or a person entitled to the possession of the hereditament,
i
the name and address of the person entitled to possession of the hereditament and the date on which he became so entitled;
ii
the name and address of the person who last occupied the hereditament and the date on which occupation ceased; or
iii
the name and address of any person who is doing or has done estate agency work in respect of the hereditament on a date or during a period specified in the notice.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 26th April 2004.