The Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Northern Ireland Order in Council 2006 No. 2954 — creates 3 criminal offences.

Made

14 November 2006

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

2000 (c. 1), Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order amends the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977. The main changes are— a the valuation of dwelling-houses and certain other hereditaments on the basis of their capital value; b certain additional reliefs and exemptions; and c the establishment of a Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal.

Offences created by this instrument

• SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Powers of entry article 38(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Powers of entry article 38(3)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Lords · Lords Chamber · 12 October 2006
• Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Lords · Grand Committee · 25 October 2006
• Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Lords · Lords Chamber · 7 November 2006 · Lord Smith of Clifton

  rose to move, as an amendment to the Motion, to leave out all the words after “That” and insert, “this House declines to approve the draft Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 until the Northern Ireland Assembly has taken a decision on the subject matter of this order”. The noble Lord said: My Lords, as the noble Lord anticipated in his remarks, we on these Benches and he on the Government Benches will be ships passing in the night. I congratulate the Minister on his ministerial stamina: throughout today he has been very versatile in the various roles that he has performed, for…

• Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Lords · Lords Chamber · 7 November 2006
• Rating System Commons · Commons Chamber · 22 November 2006 · The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. David Hanson)

  The draft Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 was made by the Privy Council on 14 November. It will come into operation on 1 April next year.

• Domestic Rates (Revaluation) Commons · Commons Chamber · 22 November 2006 · Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con)

  The Secretary of State and his ministerial team have often, and quite rightly, said that decisions about the future of Northern Ireland should be taken by local politicians from the Province. Indeed, they asserted just as much yesterday. Given that the DUP, the UUP and the SDLP voted against the draft Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 in Committee on 25 October, how can its introduction be justified against such local opposition?

• Domestic Rates (Revaluation) Commons · Commons Chamber · 22 November 2006 · The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. David Hanson)

  Representations to the Government on the domestic rating reforms in the past 12 months have included responses to a consultation on the draft Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, as well as other more targeted consultations on individual aspects of the reforms. In addition, the Government have met political parties, Government agencies, local government, representatives of the community and voluntary sector, and other stakeholders to discuss the reforms.

How Parliament handled it

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