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The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule
Publication 2026-02-19
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
Department Government Printer for Northern Ireland
Source legislation.gov.uk
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Made: 19th February 2026

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

In accordance with Article 7(4)[^f00003] of that Order it has taken into consideration estimates of the amounts to be raised by district rates.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 and shall come into operation on the day after the day on which it is affirmed by resolution of the Assembly.

Application

2

This Order shall apply in respect of the year ending 31st March 2027.

Regional Rates

3

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 19th February 2026

Andrew McAvoy — A senior officer of the Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order fixes the amount of the regional rates for the year ending 31st March 2027. It fixes 30.79 pence in the pound as the amount of the regional rate to be levied on the rateable net annual values of hereditaments (“non-domestic regional rate”) and 0.5559 pence in the pound as the amount of the regional rate to be levied on the rateable capital values of hereditaments (“domestic regional rate”).

Hereditaments which are dwelling-houses, private garages and private storage premises have a rateable capital value. Hereditaments which are used partly for the purposes of a private dwelling have a rateable capital value and a rateable net annual value. All other hereditaments have a rateable net annual value.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Department of Finance and Personnel was renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

[^f00002]: S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)

[^f00003]: Article 7(4) was amended by Article 10 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, to the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3164 (N.I. 22))

Editorial notes

[^key-39e090afccecfe0f5c8081c7a14243fb]: Art. 1 in operation at 11.3.2026, see art. 1

[^key-4ce14aef53fcd97fa101a00791be39cc]: Art. 2 in operation at 11.3.2026, see art. 1

[^key-19b30614bebabb399b8d553400c9a95e]: Art. 3 in operation at 11.3.2026, see art. 1

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