The Rate Relief Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

3Claim for rate relief

4Person unable to act

5Time within which a claim for rate relief is to be made

6Date of first entitlement to rate relief

7Amendment of claim

8Withdrawal of rate relief claim

9Opting to end an award of rate relief

PART 3Entitlement

11Eligible rates

12Calculation of eligible rates amount for the attribution period

PART 4Revisions

14Date from which a revision takes effect

15Duty to notify changes of circumstances

16Calculation of entitlement in attribution period where a revision occurs

PART 5Review and Appeals

PART 6Suspension

19Cases where a relevant authority may suspend

20Making or restoring of payments suspended

PART 7Payment and offsetting

21Time and manner of payment

PART 8Overpayments

23Recoverable overpayments

24Person from whom recovery may be sought

25Methods of recovery

26Sums to be deducted in calculating recoverable overpayments

27Overpayment of rate relief where there is no liability to pay rates

PART 9Circumstances in which a claimant is or is not to be treated as occupying a hereditament as his home

28The occupation condition

29Claimant living in another hereditament during essential repairs

30Claimant housed in two dwellings by a provider of social housing

31Moving home: adaptations to new home for disabled person

32Claimant living in another hereditament because of reasonable fear of violence

33Moving in delayed by adaptations to a hereditament to meet disablement needs

34Moving into a hereditament following stay in hospital or care home

PART 10Treated as not occupying a hereditament

35Periods of temporary absence exceeding 6 months

PART 11Information

36Supply and sharing of information

37Recording of information received

PART 12Consequential provisions

38Consequential provisions

SCHEDULEELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

PART 1Use of Electronic Communications

1Use of electronic communications by the relevant authority or the Department

2Conditions for the use of electronic communications by another person

3Use of intermediaries

PART 2Evidential Provisions

4Effect of delivering information by electronic communications

5Proof of delivery

6Proof of identity

7Proof of content

2017 No. 184

Rates

The Rate Relief Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Made11th September 2017

Coming into operation27th September 2017

The Department of Finance M1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 30A of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 M2