
1 
This Order may be cited as the Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2015.
2 
In Article 31D of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (temporary rebate for certain previously unoccupied hereditaments etc.)—
(a) in paragraph (2) for the words “1st April 2015” there shall be substituted the words “1st April 2016”;
(b) in paragraph (3)(b) for the words “the three year period ending on 31st March 2015” there shall be substituted the words “the four year period ending on 31st March 2016”; and
(c) in paragraph (5) for the definition of “F” there shall be substituted the following definition-“
 “F” means the first person to occupy the hereditament after the continuous period of unoccupancy mentioned in paragraph (3)(b);”.
3 
The Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 is revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 10th February 2015
(L.S.)Brian McClure
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
