The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 72

RATES

The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

12th February 2007

Coming into operation

1st April 2007

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

The Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 31(2) and (6)(1) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(2), makes the following Order.

In accordance with Article 31(6) of that Order it has consulted the Sports Council for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (being an Association which appears to the Department to be representative of district councils):

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007.

Specification of kinds of recreation

2.  Recreations of the kinds set out in the Schedule (being recreations which in the opinion of the Department of Finance and Personnel demand an appreciable degree of physical effort) are specified for the purposes of Article 31 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.

Revocation

3.—(1) The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1976(3) is revoked.

(2) The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979(4) is revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 12th February 2007

Brian McClure

A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

Article 2

SCHEDULE List of specified recreations

Aikido	Gliding, Hang/Para	Rackets
Angling	Golf	Racquetball
Archery	Gymnastics	Rounders
Athletics	Handball	Rowing
Badminton	Highland Games	Sailing
Ballooning	Hockey	Shinty
Baseball	Hockey, Ice	Shooting
Basketball	Hockey, Roller	Skating, Ice
Baton Twirling	Hockey, Skater/Street	Skating, Roller
Biathlon	Hockey, Unihoc	Skateboarding
Billiards, Snooker and Pool	Horseshoe Pitching	Skiing
Bobsleigh	Hovering	Skiing, Jet
Boccia	Hurling	Skiing, Water
Bowls	Ju Jitsu	Skipping
Bowls, Tenpin	Judo	Skittles
Boxing	Kabbadi	Snowboarding
Camogie	Karate	Softball
Camping	Karting	Sport and Physical Recreation for persons with a disability
Canoeing	Keep Fit	Squash
Caving	Kendo	Stoolball
Chinese Martial Arts	Korfball	Sub-aqua
Cricket	Lacrosse	Surf Lifesaving
Croquet	Life Saving	Surfing
Crossbow	Luge	Swimming
Cruising	Martial Arts	Taekwondo
Curling	Model Aircraft Flying	Tang Soo Do
Cycling	Model Power Boating	Tennaquoit
Dance, Ballroom	Modern Pentathlon	Tennis, Lawn
Dance, Folk	Motor Cycle Sports	Tennis, Real
Dance, Movement, Exercise and Fitness	Motor Sports	Tennis, Table
Darts	Mountain, Cliff, Cave and Sea Rescue	Triathlon
Diving	Mountaineering	Tug of War
Dragon Boat Racing	Netball	Volleyball
Equestrian, Recreational	Orienteering	Wakeboarding
Fencing	Paddle Ball	Walking, Recreational
Fives	Parachuting	Weightlifting
Flying, Recreational	Parascending	Wild Fowling
Football, American	Petanque (Boule)	Wrestling
Football, Association	Polo	Wrestling, Arm
Football, Australian Rules	Polo, Bicycle	Wrestling, Sombo
Football, Gaelic	Polo, Water	Yachting, Sand/Land
Football, Rugby League	Power Boarding	Yoga
Football, Rugby Union	Quoits
Gliding	Racketball

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the kinds of recreation which qualify certain hereditaments for rate relief under Article 31 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.

It revokes the Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1976 and the Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979.

(1)

Article 31 was substituted by Article 3(1) of the Rates Amendment (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/297 (N.I. 4))

(2)

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28) as amended by the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2954 (N.I. 18))

(3)

S.R. 1976 No. 55

(4)

S.R. 1979 No. 428