Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2018
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 2018 c. 6 |
(1) This section applies in respect of the year ending 31 March 2019.(2) The regional rate to be levied on the rateable net annual values of hereditaments is to be 33.41 pence in the pound.(3) The regional rate to be levied on the rateable capital values of hereditaments is to be 0.4365 pence in the pound.(4) A rate specified in subsection (2) or (3) may be varied by an order made by the Department under Article 7(1) of the Rates Order.may be made only after the first occasion on which all the Ministerial offices are filled after the passing of this Act, butmay set the rate in respect of the whole of the year for which it is made.(6) In this section—“ Subject to regulation 42(5) and paragraphs (7) to (7B) the tariff for an accredited RHI installation ” .(3) After paragraph (4) insert—“ For the purposes of paragraphs (5) and (7) to (7B) , where the accredited RHI installation ” .(5) In paragraph (7) after “2015” insert “ , other than installations to which paragraph (7B) applies ” .(6) After paragraph (7A) insert—“ accordance with paragraphs (7) to (7B) and publish ” .(8) After paragraph (9) insert—
- “the Ministerial offices” means—
- (a) the offices of First Minister and deputy First Minister, and
- (b) the Ministerial offices to be held by Northern Ireland Ministers (within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998) ;
- “the Rates Order” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28) ) ;
- “(5) Subject to paragraphs (6) to (7B) , the tariff for an accredited RHI installation is the tariff set out in Schedule 3, 3A or 4 as the case may be in relation to its source of energy or technology and installation capacity.
- “(7B) The tariffs for installations accredited before 18th November 2015 and falling within the small or medium biomass tariffs set out in Schedule 3A, for the period beginning with the coming into operation of section 2 of the Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2018 and ending with 31st March 2019, are the tariffs set out in Schedule 3A adjusted by the percentage increase or decrease in the retail prices index for the calendar year 2017 (the resulting figure being rounded to the tenth of a penny, with any twentieth of a penny being rounded upwards) .
- “(9A) Where an accredited RHI installation falls within the small or medium biomass tariffs set out in Schedule 3A—
- (a) the tariff for the initial heat generated by the installation in any 12 month period commencing with, or with the anniversary of, the date of accreditation (regardless of whether that date falls before or after the coming into operation of section 2 of the Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) Act 2018) is the relevant Tier 1 tariff specified in Schedule 3A;
- (b) the tariff for further heat generated in that same 12 month period up to a...
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