531BAggregation of certain parcels subject to a charge

531B Aggregation of certain parcels subject to a charge

531B Aggregation of certain parcels subject to a charge

(1) If the council is of the opinion that the levying of a charge—

(a) would apply unfairly, and

(b) could cause hardship to a person who is liable to the charge in respect of two or more separate parcels of land,

it may treat the parcels as being a single parcel and levy the charge accordingly.

(2) Separate parcels may be treated as being a single parcel under this section only if each separate parcel is subject to the same category or sub-category declared by the council under Part 3.

(3) A council must not treat separate parcels as being a single parcel under this section—

(a) if each parcel is a parcel on which a dwelling is erected or a parcel that comprises (or substantially comprises) a dwelling in a residential flat building, or

(b) if the parcels are a combination of parcels referred to in paragraph (a).

ch 15, pt 3A (ss 531A, 531B): Ins 1996 No 69, Sch 2 [5].