Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2021

Amendment of section 14 of Principal Act

22. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (1B) and section 35(5A)” for “Subject to section 35(5A)”,

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1A):

“(1B) Where—

(a) the person who was the liable person in relation to a relevant residential property before the change referred to in subsection (1) was a local authority or an approved housing body, and

(b) the person who is the liable person in relation to the relevant residential property after the change referred to in subsection (1) is neither a local authority nor an approved housing body,

subsection (1) shall not apply.”,

and

(c) in subsection (2), by the deletion of “or on the first valuation date for any consecutive 3-year period after the year 2019”.