Act of Parliament

Latest news on the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 1 November. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law).

Summary of the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018

A Bill to make provision, where two or more hereditaments occupied or owned by the same person meet certain conditions as to contiguity, for those hereditaments to be treated for the purposes of non-domestic rating as one hereditament; and to increase the percentage by which a billing authority in England may increase the council tax payable in respect of a long-term empty dwelling.