Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1127

The Community Charges and Non-Domestic Rating (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1991

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1991 No. 1127

COMMUNITY CHARGES, ENGLAND AND WALES RATING AND VALUATION

The Community Charges and Non-Domestic Rating (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1991

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 143(1) and 146(6) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2(2)(b) of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 1 and 2(2)(b) of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988^[1] , and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Community Charges and Non-Domestic Rating (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 4th May 1991.

    (2)  In these Regulations—

"the Administration and Enforcement Regulations" means the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989^[2] ;


"the Collection and Enforcement Regulations" means the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989^[3] ; and


"demand notice", in relation to a community charge and a rate, shall be construed in accordance with regulation 13(1) of the Administration and Enforcement Regulations and regulation 3(1) of the Collection and Enforcement Regulations, respectively.

Application of Regulations

    2.    These Regulations do not apply in relation to any demand notice in respect of a personal or standard community charge or rate demand notice issued before the coming into force of these Regulations.

Amendment of Regulations
    3.    Part I of Schedule 1 to the Administration and Enforcement Regulations and Part I of Schedule 1 to the Collection and Enforcement Regulations are amended—
 (a) in paragraph 1(2) by the insertion after the word"being" of the words", subject to sub-paragraph (2A)," ; and
 (b) by the insertion after sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of the following sub-paragraph—
"  (2A)  Where the demand notice is issued in May, the number of instalments may be 10 or the number ascertained in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), as the charging authority determines." .

Michael Heseltine

Secretary of State for the Environment

3rd May 1991

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

3rd May 1991

These Regulations amend, in identical terms, Part I of Schedule 1 to the Community Charges (Administrationand Enforcement) Regulations 1989 and Part I of Schedule 1 to the Non-Domestic Rating (Collectionand Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989.

The effect of the amendments made by regulation 3 is to enable a charging authority which issues a demand notice in respect of a personal or standard community charge or a rate demand notice in the month of May in the year to which the notice relates to require the chargepayer or, as the case may be, the ratepayer to pay the estimated amount of his liability for the year in 10 monthly instalments. These amendments do not apply in relation to demand notices issued before the date on which these Regulations come into force.

[1] 1988 c. 41. back

[2] S.I. 1989/438, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. back

[3] S.I. 1989/1058, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. back