The Rates (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

2.  The County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981(1) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in Order 24, Rule 17 for “valuation list” there shall be substituted “capital value list or NAV list”;

(b) in Appendix 1 (forms)—

(i) Form 11 for “the annual value of such premises does not exceed £500;” substitute-

“the value of such premises does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the premises have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the premises have a capital value, £400,000

and where the premises have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied;”;

(ii) Forms 20, 21, 22, 23 and 34 for “does not exceed £500 in annual value.” substitute—

“the value of the land does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the land has a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the land has a capital value, £400,000.

and where the land has a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.”;

(iii) Form 24 for paragraph 3 substitute—

“3.   The value of the lands does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

• and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.

4.   The lands are situate in whole or in part within the aforesaid Division.”;

(iv) Form 25 for paragraph 4 substitute—

“4.   The value of the lands does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

• and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.

5.   The said lands are situate within the aforesaid Division.”;

(v) Form 26 for paragraph 4 substitute—

“4.   The value of the said lands does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

• and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.

5.   The said lands are situate in whole or in part within the Division aforesaid.”;

(vi) Form 27 for paragraph 4 substitute—

“4.   The value of the lands to which the suit relates does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

• and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.

5.   The said lands are situate in whole or in part within the Division aforesaid.”;

(vii) Form 28 for paragraph 3 substitute—

“3.   The purchase money of the property, the subject-matter of this suit, does not exceed £45,000 [or as respects a letting, the value of the lands does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

• and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied]

4.   [The said lands are situate in whole or in part within the Division aforesaid.]”;

(viii) Form 29 for “the annual value of the lands the subject-matter of this suit does not exceed £500” substitute—

“the value of the lands the subject-matter of this suit does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, that both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied”;

(ix) Form 31 for “The annual value of the said lands, the subject-matter of this suit, does not exceed £500” substitute—

“The value of the said lands, the subject-matter of this suit, does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied”;

(x) Form 32 for “The annual value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed £500” substitute—

“The value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied”;

(xi) Form 33 omit “or in annual value £500”;

(xii) Form 71—

(aa) for “the annual value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed £500, and the said suit [having stood adjourned until the  day of 19  , at   and] having come on this day to be heard” substitute—

“the value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.

And the said suit [having stood adjourned until the  day of 19  , at   and] having come on this day to be heard”;

(bb) for “the annual value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed £500;” substitute—

“the value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000,

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.”

(xiii) Forms 72,73,74,75,76,77 and 79

(aa) for “the annual value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed £500;” the first time it appears substitute—

“the value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed —

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.”;

(bb) for “the annual value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed £500;” the second time it appears substitute—

“the value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000;

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied.”

(xiv) In Forms 151 and 152—

(aa) for “the annual value of the subject-matter of this suit so far as it consists of land does not exceed £500;” substitute—

“the value of the subject-matter of this suit so far as it consists of land does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied;”;

(bb) for “the annual value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed £500;” substitute—

“the value of the lands to which this suit relates does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied;”;

(c) in Appendix 2—

(i) in Part III—

(aa) in Table 1 for “(i) does not exceed £500” substitute—

“(a) does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000;

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied”;

(bb) in Table 1 for “(ii) exceeds £500” substitute—

“(b) exceeds—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000;

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied;”;

(cc) in Table 2 for “(i) does not exceed £500” substitute—

“(c) does not exceed—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000;

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied”;

(dd) in Table 2 for “(ii) exceeds £500” substitute—

“(d) exceeds—

(i) in the case where the lands have a net annual value, £4,060;

(ii) in the case where the lands have a capital value, £400,000;

and where the lands have a net annual value and a capital value, both conditions in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are satisfied”;

(ii) in Part VIII—

(aa) in paragraph 3 after “be taken to be” insert “0.0163 times their capital value or”;

(bb) in paragraph 4 for “1972” insert “1977” and for “forty times the amount which the Commissioner of Valuation certifies would be entered in the valuation list as its net annual value” there shall be substituted “0.0652 times or forty times the amount which the Commissioner of Valuation certifies would be entered in a valuation list as its capital or net annual value respectively”.

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S.R. 1981 No. 225