The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Directions

60.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) a copy of a report has been sent to the Executive under regulation 59(2) (reports);

(b) a report has been laid before the Assembly under Article 21(5) of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1); or

(c) a copy of a report has been sent to the Executive under regulation 65(7).

(2) The Department may invite the Executive to consider the report and to submit proposals for—

(a) improving the Executive’s performance in relation to the prevention and detection of fraud relating to rate relief or otherwise in relation to the administration of that relief; and

(b) remedying any failings identified by the report.

(3) After considering the report and any proposals made by the Executive in response to it, the Department may give directions to the Executive as to—

(a) standards which the Executive is to attain in the prevention and detection of fraud relating to rate relief or otherwise in the administration of that relief; and

(b) the time within which the standards are to be attained.

(4) When giving directions to the Executive under paragraph (3), the Department may make recommendations to the Executive setting out any course of action which the Department thinks the Executive might take to attain the standards which it is directed to attain.

(1)

S.I. 1981/156 (N.I. 3)