Local Government Waiver of Rates Regulations 2024

• Year: 2024

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No.349of2024

Local Government Waiver of Rates Regulations 2024

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 16 th July, 2024.

Contents

Regulation 1. Citation 2. Definitions 3. Proposal for waiver scheme to strategic policy committee 4. Estimation of financial effect 5. Public consultation 6. Approval of waiver scheme by local authority 7. Local authority meeting 8. Notification of waiver scheme Schedule Notice of Consideration of a Scheme for the Waiver of Rates

I, ALAN DILLON, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 15 of the Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019 (No. 24 of 2019) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 408 of 2020)) and the Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 234 of 2024), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Waiver of Rates Regulations 2024.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide the requirements for local authorities who may wish to adopt a scheme for the waiver of rates, in accordance with section 15 of the Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019 , including the factors that they must consider and the type of public consultation that they should undertake as part of the process.

Definitions 2. In these Regulations— “Act of 2001” means Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001); “waiver scheme” means a scheme made by a local authority under section 15of the Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019(No. 24 of 2019).

Proposal for waiver scheme to strategic policy committee 3. (1) A waiver...