RATES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977

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RATES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977 - SECT 21



21.(1) The owner of any hereditament the rent of which becomes payable or is
collected at intervals shorter than quarterly may by agreement in writing with
the Department undertake either

(a)that he will pay the rates chargeable in respect of the hereditament
whether it is occupied or not; or

(b)that he will so long as the hereditament is occupied pay the rates
chargeable in respect of it; or

(c)that he will on behalf of the Department collect the rates due from the
occupier of the hereditament;

(2) An allowance made under paragraph (1) in respect of any hereditament to an
owner who is rated under Article 20 shall be in substitution for any allowance
to which he might otherwise have been entitled in respect of that hereditament
under that Article.

(3) An agreement entered into under this Article shall continue in force until
determined by notice served either by the Department on the owner or by the
owner on the Department, and, in the event of a change in the ownership of any
hereditament while the agreement is in force, shall continue to be binding
upon the new owner as if it had been made by him.

(4) A notice for the purposes of paragraph (3) shall take effect only on the
expiration of a year and shall be given not less than six months before the
expiration of that year.

(5) In the case of an undertaking by an owner under paragraph (1)(c), the
amount due from the owner shall be taken to be an amount which bears to the
total amount of the rates due the same proportion as the aggregate amount
actually collected by him in respect of rent and rates bears to the aggregate
amount due in respect thereof.

(6) In the case of an undertaking by an owner under paragraph (1)(c), unless
the undertaking expressly so provides

(a)the expression "rates due" in the provisions of this Article relating to
such an undertaking shall not include rates accruing due before the date on
which the undertaking comes into operation; and

(b)account shall not be taken for the purposes of paragraph (5) of rent which
accrues due before that date.

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RATES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977 - SECT 21