PART 1General
Arrangements for rate relief
Arrangements for rate reliefI15
1
Rate relief shall be granted in accordance with paragraph (2).
2
The relevant authority, as it considers appropriate in the circumstances, may discharge entitlement to rate relief by means of any, or any combination, of the following—
a
a payment or payments by the relevant authority to the claimant;
b
a reduction in the amount of any payment which that person is liable to make by way of rates;
c
a payment direct to the landlord where in accordance with regulations made under the Administration Act an amount of housing benefit payable to the claimant or his partner is being paid direct to the landlord; or
d
a transfer of funds between the Executive and the Department,
and “pay”, in relation to rate relief, includes discharge in any of those forms.