Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 6th July 1993.

Amendment of Regulations

2. The Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989(3) are amended-

(a)in regulation 3(1) (interpretation and application of Part II), by the insertion, after the definition of "the 1992 Act" of the following-

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""the 1993 Act" means the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1993; " ; and

(b)by the insertion, after paragraph 7B of Schedule 1, of the following paragraph-

"7C. If-

(a)the demand notice has been served on a ratepayer by a billing authority;

(b)the authority's estimate under regulation 6(1) for the purposes of the notice was made before the coming into force of section 1 of the 1993 Act; and

(c)the estimate is, in consequence of that Act, shown to be false;

paragraphs 7A and 7B shall apply as if for references to the 1992 Act and to sections 1 to 3 of the 1992 Act there were substituted references to the 1993 Act and to section 1 of the 1993 Act and, in particular, as if for the statement mentioned in paragraph 7A(4) there were substituted the following statement-

• "This notice takes account of savings on your rates bill announced in the Budget and made by the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1993. "".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend provisions of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989 which relate to the collection by billing authorities of amounts due by way of non-domestic rates in respect of hereditaments shown in local non-domestic rating lists.

They are consequential on the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1993. Section 1 of that Act provides for the freezing in real terms in the financial year beginning on 1st April 1993 of rate increases for those moving to higher rate bills under the non-domestic rating transitional arrangements.

These Regulations provide for adjustments to be made to the amount of non-domestic rates which falls to be paid, and consequential modifications of collection arrangements, similar to those applied by the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1512) for the purposes of changes to the non-domestic rating transitional arrangements made by the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1992 (c. 46).