Local Government (Rates and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would simplify and standardise how local authorities set, bill and recover commercial property rates. It would give fairer refunds for vacant or partly occupied premises, reduce rates for first-year start-ups, protect new occupiers from previous tenants’ debts, clarify when landlords become liable, and create clearer appeals and court-recovery procedures.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the more effective recovery of rates and to consolidate existing measures relating to the making and recovering of rates and miscellaneous provisions relating to valuation

Last updated 12 April 2018