Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018
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.
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(Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)The Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) was a Government Bill that became an Act of Parliament.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill was introduced on 28 March 2018 and became an Act of Parliament on 1 November 2018.
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