Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2019
This section applies in respect of the year ending 31 March 2020.
The regional rate to be levied on the rateable net annual values of hereditaments is to be 34.01 pence in the pound.
The regional rate to be levied on the rateable capital values of hereditaments is to be 0.4574 pence in the pound.
A rate specified in subsection (2) or (3) may be varied by an order made by the Department under Article 7(1) of the Rates Order.
An order made by virtue of subsection (4)—
may be made only after the first occasion on which all the Ministerial offices are filled after the passing of this Act, but
may set the rate in respect of the whole of the year for which it is made.
In this section— and any expression used in this section and in the Rates Order has the meaning given by that Order.
“the Ministerial offices” means—
the offices of First Minister and deputy First Minister, and
the offices of First Minister and deputy First Minister, and
“the Ministerial offices” means—
the Ministerial offices to be held by Northern Ireland Ministers (within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998);
The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. (NI) 2012 No. 396) (“the 2012 Regulations”) are amended in accordance with sections 3 and 4.
Nothing in those sections affects the power to make regulations under section 113 of the Energy Act 2011 amending or revoking any provision amended or inserted by those sections.
In regulation 36(3) for “(7B)” substitute “ (7C) ”.
In regulation 36(5)—
for “(7B)” substitute “ (7C) ”;
for “or 4” substitute “ , 4 or 5 ”.
In regulation 36(6) for “(7B)” substitute “ (7C) ”.
In regulation 36(7) after “(7B)” insert “ or (7C) ”.
In regulation 36(7A) after “accredited on or after 18th November 2015” insert “ , other than installations to which paragraph (7C) applies ”.
In regulation 36 after paragraph (7B) insert—
In regulation 36(8) for “(7B)” substitute “ (7C) ”.
In regulation 36(9A) after “set out in Schedule 3A” insert “ and the tariff for the installation falls to be determined for the period mentioned in paragraph (7B) ”.
In regulation 36 after paragraph (9A) insert—
In regulation 36(10) for “and (9A)” substitute “ to (9C) ”.
In Schedules 3 and 4 omit the entries relating to small and medium biomass installations.
After Schedule 4 insert the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Act.
Nothing in this section has effect in relation to periodic support payments (within the meaning of the 2012 Regulations) for heat generated before this section comes into force.
After regulation 23A insert—
The Department must, after the end of each financial year for which buy-out arrangements are published by it, prepare a report on the operation of the arrangements in that year.
A report under this section in respect of a financial year must, in particular, set out—
the number of participants who have received a buy-out payment in that year, and
the total amount of the buy-out payments made by the Department in that year.
In the period while there is no Executive—
the Department must send a report under this section to the Secretary of State, and
the Secretary of State must lay the report before Parliament.
At any other time, the Department must lay a report under this section before the Northern Ireland Assembly.
In this section “the Department”, “buy-out arrangements”, “buy-out payment” and “the period while there is no Executive” have the same meaning as in regulation 23B of the 2012 Regulations (inserted by section 4).
This section and sections 1 and 7 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
Sections 2 and 3 and the Schedule come into force on 1 April 2019.
Sections 4 and 5 come into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
This Act extends to Northern Ireland only.
This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2019.
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