The Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2012

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 15th February 2012.

(2) This Order applies in relation to England only.

Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989

2.—(1) The Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989(1) are amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (7) of regulation 2, insert the following—

“(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of this regulation, subject to paragraph (9) information to which this paragraph applies shall be treated as supplied by a billing authority to a person where the billing authority has—

(a) published the information on a website; and

(b) notified the person in writing of—

(i) the publication of that information on a website;

(ii) the address of that website;

(iii) the place on the website where the information may be accessed; and

(iv) a postal address, email address and telephone number which may be used to request a hard copy of the information.

(9) Where the person referred to in paragraph (8) requests a hard copy of the information to which paragraph (8) applies, the billing authority must comply with that request as soon as practicable following the request.

(10) The information to which paragraph (8) applies is the information mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the demand notices regulations which the billing authority is required, by regulation 3(4) of those regulations, to supply to a person when it serves a rate demand notice on that person.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Bob Neill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

6th January 2012