Provisions for England and Wales
F13 Administration and appeals.
(1)
No rebate shall be granted except on an application made to the rating authority by the person entitled to the rebate; and any such application shall contain such information as the authority may reasonably require.
(2)
A rebate shall be granted for such period, being a rate period or part of a rate period, as the rating authority may determine (in this Act referred to as a “rebate period”).
(3)
No rebate shall be granted—
(a)
for any period before the coming into force of this Act; or
(b)
except in such circumstances and to such extent as the rating authority may determine, for any period before the beginning of the rate period in which the application is made.
(4)
A rebate may be granted either by making a payment of the amount of the rebate or, where the person entitled is the occupier of the hereditament, by reducing the rates payable by him.
(5)
An applicant for a rebate whose application is refused by the rating authority may appeal to the county court; and if that court allows the appeal it may direct that the rebate shall be granted.
(6)
In this section “rebate” means a rebate under section 1 or section 2 of this Act.