asked the Minister for the Environment if county council cottage tenants will be exempt from paying rates on their homes when rates on dwellings are abolished as and from the 1st January 1978.
Written Answers. - County Council Cottage Rates.
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Local authority tenants who pay rent contribution in lieu of rates, in common with other domestic ratepayers, will be relieved of that liability in respect of the year commencing on the 1st January, 1978 and subsequent local financial years.