2021 No. 21

Rates

The Rates (Coronavirus: Making of District Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Finance1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 8 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 19772.

Citation and commencementI11

These Regulations may be cited as the Rates (Coronavirus: Making of District Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and comes into operation on 5th February 2021.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 5.2.2021, see reg. 1

Amendment of the Rates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007I22

In regulation 2(1) of the Rates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20073, for “15th February” substitute “1st March”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in operation at 5.2.2021, see reg. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 3rd February 2021

seal_r00001Alan BrontëA senior officer of the Department of Finance
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations amend the date by which a district council must make their district rate for a forthcoming rating year from 15th February to 1st March.

The change is made in order to allow district councils more time to address financial planning considerations arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Article 1 provides for citation and commencement.

Article 2 makes an amendment to the Rates Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 to amend the date by which a district council must make the district rates from 15th February to 1st March.