The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

Information for owners of exempt dwellings, etc.

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (5), a billing authority which has received a copy of a proposed list sent to it under section 22(5)(b) of the Act shall, as respects each dwelling shown in the copy which in the opinion of the authority will be a relevant dwelling on the day when the list comes into force, notify the person concerned of the valuation band shown in the copy as applicable to the dwelling.

(2) Where—

(a)a dwelling is not shown in the copy of a proposed list sent as mentioned in paragraph (1) but is shown in the copy of the list sent to the authority under section 22(7) of the Act; and

(b)in the opinion of the authority the dwelling was a relevant dwelling on the day when the list came into force,

the authority shall notify the person concerned of the valuation band shown in the list as applicable to the dwelling.

(3) Where—

(a)the valuation band shown as applicable to a dwelling in the copy of a proposed list sent to a billing authority under section 22(5)(b) of the Act is different from that shown as applicable to it in the copy of the list sent to the authority under section 22(7) of the Act; and

(b)in the opinion of the authority the dwelling was a relevant dwelling on the day when the list came into force,

the authority shall notify the person concerned of the reason for the difference.

(4) A notification required to be given—

(a)by paragraph (1), shall be given within the period of 4 months beginning on the day on which the authority received the copy of the proposed list;

(b)by paragraph (2) or (3), shall be given within the period of 2 months beginning on the day on which the authority received a copy of the list.

(5) If at the time when a person is notified as mentioned in paragraph (3) the authority has not yet given him a notification under paragraph (1), the authority shall not be required to give him such a notification.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)a dwelling is a relevant dwelling on any day if—

(i)on the day the dwelling is an exempt dwelling(1); or

(ii)in respect of the financial year in which the day falls and the dwelling, the amount set under section 30 of the Act is nil; and

(b)any reference to the person concerned, in relation to a dwelling, is a reference to the person who would be liable (whether solely or jointly and severally) to pay to the authority an amount in respect of council tax for the particular day if the dwelling were not or had not been a relevant dwelling on that day.