45.This Article replaces the NAV thresholds relating to landlord liability for domestic property. It also obliges the landlord to pay the rates on a house occupied by three or more persons that do not constitute a single household.
46.This Article amends existing provisions requiring the provision of information, i.e. obtaining details on owners and occupiers, in relation to domestic properties.
47.This Article provides for a notice to be served on any person requiring them to provide information needed to prepare a new, or a revision of, a valuation list.
48.This Article extends the power of entry, for the purpose of gathering information, to domestic properties. It also obliges the occupier/person entitled to possession to give reasonable assistance when information is being gathered for rating or valuation purposes. Where a person fails to give reasonable assistance, in relation to the power of entry, they will be guilty of a new offence and liable to a fine.