Valuation (Telecommunications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1997 No. 82

RATING AND VALUATION

Valuation (Telecommunications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Made

21st February 1997

Coming into operation

1st April 1997

The Department of Finance and Personnel(1) in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 37(4) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Valuation (Telecommunications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

(a) any reference to hereditaments used for any purpose includes a reference to hereditaments which are unused but in relation to which it appears that when next in use they will be used for such a purpose;

(b) any reference to a company by name is a reference to that company registered by or bearing that name at the date its name is entered in the valuation list.

British Telecommunications Plc

3.  Anything which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if it is—

(a) occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by British Telecommunications plc; and

(b) occupied by posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, towers, masts, switching equipment, or other equipment, or easements, or wayleaves, being property used for the purpose of the monitoring, processing or transmission of communications signals for the provision of telecommunications services.

Mercury Communications Limited

4.  Anything which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if it is—

(a) occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by Mercury Communications Limited; and

(b) occupied by posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, towers, masts, switching equipment, or other equipment, or easements, or wayleaves, being property used for the purpose of monitoring, processing or transmission of communications signals for the provision of telecommunications services.

Cabletel (Northern Ireland) Limited

5.  Anything which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if it is—

(a) occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by Cabletel (Northern Ireland) Limited; and

(b) occupied by posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, towers, masts, switching equipment, or other equipment, or easements, or wayleaves, being property used for the purpose of monitoring, processing or transmission of communications signals for the provision of telecommunications services.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on

L.S.

V. N. Hewitt

Assistant Secretary

21st February 1997.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations provide that specified property used for the monitoring, processing or transmission of communications signals for the provision of telecommunications services, occupied, or, if unoccupied, owned by British Telecommunications plc, Mercury Communications Limited or Cabletel (Northern Ireland) Limited which would, apart from these Regulations be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Finance. See S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Article 3

(2)

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28); Article 37(4) was substituted by Article 6(1) of the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3162 (N.I. 25))