The Rates (Payments by Owners by Agreement) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendments

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2.—(1) In Article 21(1)(1) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (payment of rates by owners by agreement) for “15 per cent.” there shall be substituted “12.5 per cent.”.

(2) The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby directs that for any percentage specified in an existing agreement in respect of—

(a)a hereditament owned by a housing association, there shall be substituted 10 per cent;

(b)a hereditament owned by a person other than a housing association or the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, there shall be substituted 12.5 per cent.

(3) In paragraph (2) “housing association” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992(2).

(1)

Article 21 was amended by Article 4 of the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3164 (N.I. 22)) and by S.R. 2007 No. 2.