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(1) Where the owner of an owner-occupier flat contributes an amount towards the outgoings payable in respect of the property of which the flat forms part, he may apply under subsection (2) of this section for a refund of such part of the amount of that contribution as is made in respect of the rates payable in respect of that property as he would be entitled to receive by way of rebate under section 3 of this Act if—
(a) the flat was separately rated and he was the ratepayer in respect thereof; and
(b) so much of the amount of his contribution in any rating year as was made in respect of rates was the amount of the rates payable in respect of the flat for that rating year.
(2) Every application under this section shall—
(a) be made on a form provided for the purpose by the Secretary for Local Government; and
(b) be verified by the declaration of the applicant; and
(c) be accompanied by a certificate in writing signed by the person appearing in the rate records as the occupier of the rateable property of which the owner-occupier flat forms part and specifying—
(i) the total amount of the rates payable in respect of that rateable property for the rating year; and
(ii) the amount contributed by the applicant in respect of those rates, or, where no part of the annual contribution made by the applicant was specifically made in respect of rates, the amount of that contribution and the total amount of the annual contributions made by all the owners of owner-occupier flats on the property; and
(iii) that the contribution made by the applicant was made pursuant to a written agreement entered into between him and the person appearing in the rate records as the occupier of the rateable property of which the owner-occupier flat forms part before the applicant entered into possession of the flat, or pursuant to a written agreement made by a predecessor in title of the applicant and binding on the applicant; and
(d) be left at the public office of the territorial authority in whose district the property is situated (whether the rates are payable to that territorial authority or to any other local authority), or sent by post addressed to that office.
(3) Where no part of the annual contribution made by an applicant in respect of outgoings on the property of which his owner-occupier flat forms part is specifically made in respect of rates, then, for the purposes of this section the applicant shall be deemed to have contributed in respect of rates an amount that bears to the total amount of rates payable in respect of the property the same proportion as the amount of his contribution bears to the total amount of the contributions of all the owners of owner-occupier flats on the property.
(4) The provisions of subsection (4) of section 5 of this Act shall apply with respect to any application for a refund made under this section.
(5) Where application for a refund is made under this section and the chief executive of the territorial authority or other officer authorised by the chief executive for the purpose is satisfied that the application has been properly completed, the chief executive or authorised officer must grant the application and pay to the ratepayer the amount of the refund to which the ratepayer is entitled.
(6) In this section the term owner-occupier flat means a residential flat in respect of which the applicant has a right of occupation under a lease or licence held by him by virtue of being a shareholder in a company owning the land on which the building comprising or including the owner-occupier flat is erected or by virtue of being the owner of an estate or interest in the land on which the building comprising or including the owner-occupier flat is erected.
Subsection (2)(b) was amended, as from 1 April 1977, by section 3(2) Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1976 (1976 No 32) by omitting the word “statutory”
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Subsection (2)(d) was substituted, as from 1 April 1979, by section 5(2) Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 35).
Subsection (5) was substituted, as from 1 April 1979, by section 5(2) Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 35).
Subsection (5) was amended, as from 19 January 1981, by section 2(2) Local Government Amendment Act 1980 (1980 No 82) by substituting the words “principal administrative officer”
for the words “principal officer”
.
Subsection (5) was substituted, as from 1 July 2003, by section 262 Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84). See sections 273 to 314 of that Act as to the savings and transitional provisions.
