
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2024.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
2 
In the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) Regulations 2008, in regulation 5 (continuous occupation), for “six weeks” substitute “13 weeks”.
3 
The amendment made by regulation 2 does not apply in relation to a hereditament where the period mentioned in regulation 5 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) Regulations 2008 begins before 1st April 2024 and ends on or after that date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
7th March 2024