Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015

Amendment of section 46 of Principal Act

25. Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (3) the following:

“(3) The occupier of—

(a) a relevant property which comes into existence after the date on which a valuation order is made in relation to the rating authority area in which the property is situated,

(b) a relevant property which was not relevant property on the date on which such an order is made in relation to the rating authority area in which the property is situated, or

(c) a relevant property, on the coming into occupation of that property for the first time or on the entering into a new tenancy agreement in respect of that property,

(not being property referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 19(2)) shall, within 28 days from the date on which the property has come into existence, become relevant property or come into occupation or a new tenancy agreement has been entered in respect of it, as the case may be, provide in writing to the Commissioner the specified particulars with respect to that property.”.