Rates Rebate Act 1973

9: Refund to territorial authorities of rebates granted

You could also call this:

"Councils get refunded for rates rebates they give to people"

If you get a rebate on your rates, the government will refund the money to your local council. The Secretary for Local Government will do this if the council asks for the refund on a special form and they are sure the rebate was given correctly under section 5, section 6, section 7, or section 7A. The refund comes from money that Parliament has set aside for this purpose.

The Secretary for Local Government can also give the council some money in advance if they think it is needed, before the actual refund is made. This is like a loan to the council, and it also comes from the money that Parliament has set aside.

You can find more information about how this works by looking at the different sections of the law, such as section 5, section 6, section 7, section 7A, and section 8(1)(d).

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8: Provisions applying where system of rating by instalments in force, or

"Rules for paying rates rebates when you pay rates in parts"

10: Recovery of overpayments, or

"Paying back rates rebates you shouldn't have got"

9Refund to territorial authorities of rebates granted

Where any ratepayer has been granted a rebate of rates pursuant to section 5 (including any payment made to the ratepayer pursuant to section 8(1)(d)) or any person has been granted a refund of rates under section 6, 7, or 7A, the Secretary for Local Government shall, on application made to him by the territorial authority on a form approved by him for the purpose, and being satisfied that the rebate or refund has been properly granted in accordance with section 5, 6, 7, or 7A, as the case may be, refund the amount of the rebate or refund to the territorial authority out of money appropriated by Parliament.
The Secretary for Local Government may from time to time pay to any territorial authority, out of money appropriated by Parliament, such amounts as the Secretary thinks fit by way of advances in anticipation of refunds to be made to the territorial authority pursuant to subsection (1).

Notes

Section 9(1): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 8 of the Rates Rebate (Statutory Declarations) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 44).
Section 9(1): amended (with effect from 1 July 2018), on 3 February 2018, by section 6(a) of the Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 1).
Section 9(1): amended (with effect from 1 July 2018), on 3 February 2018, by section 6(b) of the Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 1).
Section 9(1): amended, on 1 April 1979, by section 5(2) of the Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 35).
Section 9(1): amended, on 1 April 1979, by section 6 of the Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 35).