Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1983

Waiver of charges made by virtue of section 2 .

5.—(1) A local authority may, if it is satisfied that it is appropriate so to do on grounds of personal hardship, waive all or portion of a charge made by it by virtue of section 2 of this Act.

(2) Where a charge (or portion thereof) is waived under subsection (1) of this section, the liability of a person to pay that charge (or portion thereof) and any obligation on the local authority by whom the waiver was made to collect the charge (or portion thereof) shall cease.