Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 25
Rating And Valuation, England
The Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2012
Made
6th January 2012
Laid before Parliament
12th January 2012
Coming into force
15th February 2012
The Secretary of State, considering that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000( 1 ):
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 15th February 2012.
(2) This Order applies in relation to England only.
Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989
2. —(1)The Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph (7) of regulation 2, insert the following—
“ (8) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of this regulation, subject to paragraph (9) information to which this paragraph applies shall be treated as supplied by a billing authority to a person where the billing authority has—
(a) published the information on a website; and
(b) notified the person in writing of—
(i) the publication of that information on a website;
(ii) the address of that website;
(iii) the place on the website where the information may be accessed; and
(iv) a postal address, email address and telephone number which may be used to request a hard copy of the information.
(9) Where the person referred to in paragraph (8) requests a hard copy of the information to which paragraph (8) applies, the billing authority must comply with that request as soon as practicable following the request.
(10) The information to which paragraph (8) applies is the information mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the demand notices regulations which the billing authority is required, by regulation 3(4) of those regulations, to supply to a person when it serves a rate demand notice on that person. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Bob Neill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
6th January 2012
2000 c.7 . The definition of “electronic communication” in section 15(1) of that Act was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21) .
S.I. 1989/1058 . Regulation 2 has been amended by S.I. 2003/2604 . Other amendments have also been made to S.I. 1989/1058 which are not relevant to these Regulations.