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RATES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977 - SECT 26

26.(1) The Department may, for the purposes of this Order, serve a notice on
the occupier of any hereditament, or a person paying rent in respect of a
hereditament, requiring him to state to the Department in writing, within a
period and in the manner specified in the notice,

(a)the nature of his own interest therein;

(b)the rate at which rent (if any) is payable by him and the dates on which it
falls due;

(c)the amount of rent (if any) then due from him;

(d)the name and address of the owner of the hereditament.

(2) Where the Department has reason to believe that a person is receiving or
is entitled to receive rent in respect of a hereditament in the capacity of
agent or trustee for any other person, the Department may, for the purposes of
this Order, serve a notice on him requiring him to state to the Department in
writing, within a period and in the manner specified in the notice,

(a)the nature of that capacity;

(b)the name and address of that other person;

(c)such particulars of

(i)the rents paid or payable to him in that capacity,

(ii)the hereditaments in respects of which the rents are payable, and

<(iii)his receipts and disbursements on account of such rents,


(c)as are required by the notice.

(3) Where a notice is served on a person under paragraph (1) or (2) he shall
comply with the notice.

(4) In this Article

"hereditament" includes part of a hereditament;

"rent" includes a payment made by a lodger.

© 1977 Crown Copyright

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