Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 431 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Local Government (Charges) Act 2009
No. 30 of 2009
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 24 July 2009 | Local Government (Charges) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 279 of 2009), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| References construed | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 1(22), 9(2), 9(3), 25(2) | 1 June 2014 | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014), art. 2 |
| Repealed subject to conditions | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 6, 73(1)(d), 73(2) | 31 March 2025 | Commenced as per s. 73(1)(d) |
| S. 1 amended | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(a), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 2 substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(b), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 3 repealed | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 6, 73(1)(a) | 27 January 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(5) substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(c)(i), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 3(6) substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(c)(i), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 3(8) inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(c)(ii), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 4 repealed | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 6, 73(1)(a) | 27 January 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 4(1)(b) amended | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(d), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 4(5) substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(e), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 4(7) inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(f), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 4(8) inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(f), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 5 repealed | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 6, 73(1)(a) | 27 January 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 5(1) substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(g), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 5(2) substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(g), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 5(4) substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(h), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 5(5) inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(h), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 5(6) inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(h), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 5(7) inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(h), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 6 repealed | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 6, 73(1)(b) | 2 March 2014 | Commenced as per s. 73(1)(b) |
| S. 6 substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(i), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 8 substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(j), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 8A inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(j), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 8B inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(j), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 9 repealed | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 6, 73(1)(a) | 27 January 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10 substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(k), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 10(8) substituted | Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 17 of 2012), ss. 1(4), 12(1) | 1 August 2012 | Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (Commencement) (No. 4) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 287 of 2012), art. 2(c) |
| S. 11 substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(l), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 11(2) am. | Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (No. 31 of 2010), ss. 123, 125, schedule 7, pt. 1 | 1 November 2010 | Commenced as per s. 125 |
| S. 11(3) references construed | Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42 of 2015), ss. 1(4), 13(3) | 7 April 2016 | Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 151 of 2016), art.2(a) |
| S. 12(3) amended | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(m)(i), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 12(4) amended | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(m)(ii), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 12(7) inserted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(m)(iii), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 14 repealed | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 6, 73(1)(a) | 27 January 2014 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 14 substituted | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(n), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
| S. 15 repealed subject to conditions | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 6, 73(1)(c), 73(2) | 1 January 2015 | Commenced as per s. 73(1)(c) |
| S. 15(1) amended | Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 (No. 36 of 2011), ss. 19(1)(o), 19(2), 19(3) | 1 January 2012 | S. 19(3) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 3 | Local Government (Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 63 of 2012) |
| Local Government (Charges) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 278 of 2009) | |
| S. 5 | Local Government (Charges) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 721 of 2011) |
| S. 10 | Local Government (Charges) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 721 of 2011) |
| S. 11 | Local Government (Charges) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 721 of 2011) |
| S. 14 | Local Government (Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 63 of 2012) |
| Local Government (Charges) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 721 of 2011) |