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This Order may be cited as the Rates (Payments by Owners by Agreement) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2012.
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(1) In Article 21(1) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (payment of rates by owners by agreement) for “15 per cent.” there shall be substituted “12.5 per cent.”.
(2) The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby directs that for any percentage specified in an existing agreement in respect of—
(a) a hereditament owned by a housing association, there shall be substituted 10 per cent;
(b) a hereditament owned by a person other than a housing association or the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, there shall be substituted 12.5 per cent.
(3) In paragraph (2) “housing association” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.
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The Rates (Payment by Owners by Agreement) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 is revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 9th November 2011
Brian McClure
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
