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10 Certificates and statements as to rate, etc.
(1) A certificate signed by a duly authorised officer of a rating authority—
(a) stating that a rate has been made or published by the authority on a date or dates specified in the certificate ; or
(b) stating the value at a specified date of a hereditament within the authority's area, the amount of rates chargeable in respect of the hereditament, or whether any, and if so what, amount has been paid in satisfaction of rates due thereon,
shall be evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
(2) A rating authority shall, on being so requested by a person who is or was liable in respect of a hereditament in the area of the authority for rates for any period in the current year or any of the nine years preceding that year, give him a statement of the rates payable or paid in respect of the hereditament for any of those years or any other year in respect of which the person is still liable for arrears at the time of the request.
(3) Where a person satisfies a rating authority that he is or was liable, in respect of a hereditament in the area of the authority, to indemnify any other person for rates, he shall be entitled to the like statement under subsection (2) of this section as that other person is entitled to.
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10 Certificates and statements as to rate, etc.
(1) A certificate signed by a duly authorised officer of a rating authority—
(a) stating that a rate has been made or published by the authority on a date or dates specified in the certificate ; or
(b) stating the value at a specified date of a hereditament within the authority's area, the amount of rates chargeable in respect of the hereditament, or whether any, and if so what, amount has been paid in satisfaction of rates due thereon,
shall be evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
(2) A rating authority shall, on being so requested by a person who is or was liable in respect of a hereditament in the area of the authority for rates for any period in the current year or any of the nine years preceding that year, give him a statement of the rates payable or paid in respect of the hereditament for any of those years or any other year in respect of which the person is still liable for arrears at the time of the request.
(3) Where a person satisfies a rating authority that he is or was liable, in respect of a hereditament in the area of the authority, to indemnify any other person for rates, he shall be entitled to the like statement under subsection (2) of this section as that other person is entitled to.
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