The Community Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1991

Community charge demands

2.  The Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations1989(1) are amended—

(a) in regulation 14(1), by inserting at the end the words“unless the amount which would be demanded would be £0”;

(b) in regulation 19(2), by inserting at the end the words“and unless, in respect of a community charge as it has effect for thefinancial year beginning on 1st April 1991, it is expressed to takeaccount of the provisions of the Community Charges (General Reduction)Act 1991”;

(c) in regulation 22(6), by substituting for the words“has effect shall” the words“has effect shall, subject to the provisions of section 1(5) of theCommunity Charges (General Reduction) Act 1991,”;

(d) in paragraph 7(1) of Part II of Schedule 1, by inserting aftersub-paragraph (h), the following sub-paragraph—

“(i) the notice was so served on the understanding or assumption that, asregards any day in the period to which the notice relates, the person isor will be liable to pay an amount in respect of a personal communitycharge (as it has effect for the relevant year) and he is, by virtue ofregulations made under section 13A of the Act, liable to pay a greateror lesser amount than the amount stated in the notice”(2);

(e) in paragraph 7(5) of Part II of Schedule 1, by inserting after thewords“on or after that day” the words“disregarding for this purpose section 1(5) of the Community Charges(General Reduction) Act 1991”;

(f) in paragraph 7(5A)(a) of Part II of Schedule 1, by inserting afterthe words“there shall” the words“notwithstanding section 1(5) of the Community Charges (GeneralReduction) Act 1991” and by inserting after the words“such instalments which” the words“has been treated as paid to the authority under section 36(1) of theAct or”; and

(g) in paragraph 7(7) of Part II of Schedule 1, in the definition of“the relevant day”, by substituting for the words“sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b), (e) or (f)” the words“sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b), (e), (f) or (i)”.

(1)

S.I. 1989/438. Paragraph 7(1)(h) in Part II of Schedule1 was added by S.I. 1990/402, and amended by S.I. 1991/ 352; paragraph7(5A) in Part II of Schedule 1 was inserted by S.I. 1990/1426.

(2)

Section 13A was inserted by the Local Government andHousing Act 1989, Schedule 5, paragraph 5.