The Rate Relief Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

PART 5 N.I. Review and Appeals

Review N.I.

17.—(1) Where a claim is made for rate relief under regulation 3 the relevant authority shall serve notice of any decision in relation thereto on the claimant.

(2) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Department notified to him under paragraph (1) may, within three months of the service of the notice on him, apply to the Department for a review by the Department of the decision so notified to him.

(3) The Department shall serve on the person upon whom a notice was served under paragraph (1) a notice of the result of any review relating to that notice.

Appeals N.I.

18.—(1) If the claimant is dissatisfied with the result of the review conducted in accordance with regulation 17, he may within three months of the serving of the notice of the result of the review, appeal to the Valuation Tribunal where paragraph (2) applies.

[F1 (2) This paragraph applies to decisions made in accordance with—

(a) regulation 28 (the occupation condition) except where regulation 28(4) has been applied;

(b) regulation 29 (claimant living in another hereditament during essential repairs) except where regulation 29(3) has been applied;

(c) regulation 30 (claimant housed in two dwellings by a provider of social housing) except where regulation 30(3) has been applied;

(d) regulation 31 (moving home: adaptations to new home for disabled person) except where regulation 31(4) has been applied;

(e) regulation 32 (claimant living in another hereditament because of reasonable fear of violence) except where regulation 32(5) has been applied;

(f) regulations 33 (moving in delayed by adaptations to a hereditament to meet disablement needs) except where regulation 33(3) has been applied;

(g) regulation 34(1) (moving into a hereditament following stay in hospital or care home) except where regulation 34(3) has been applied;

(h) regulation 35 (periods of temporary absence exceeding 6 months) except where regulation 35(4) has been applied.]

(3) No appeal lies to the Valuation Tribunal against any other decision in relation to a claim for rate relief made under these regulations.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 18(2) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Rate Relief (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/39), regs. 1, 2(8)