Schedules

Schedule 2 Transitional provision in relation to discretionary relief from non-domestic rates functions exercised by previous authorities prior to 12th May 2023
Article 10

1 Transitional provision in connection with functions in relation to discretionary relief from non-domestic rates
(1) This paragraph applies in respect of any functions which are transferred to the Corporation by virtue of Part 3 of this Order and in respect of which a previous authority ceases to have those functions.
(2) Where before 12th May 2023 a previous authority has made a decision or determination under section 47 of the 1988 Act, that decision or determination has effect on and after that date as if it had been made—
(a) in relation to qualifying hereditaments in the development area, by the Corporation; and
(b) in relation to any other hereditament, by the previous authority.
(3) Anything which before 12th May 2023 was in the process of being done by, to or in relation to the previous authority in connection with any of the functions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) may be continued after that date by, to or in relation to the Corporation and, if continued, is to be treated as having been done by, to or in relation to the Corporation.
(4) Nothing in sub-paragraph (3) requires the Corporation to continue with any step mentioned in that sub-paragraph.