Regulations 2 and 3
| Designated person | Relevant hereditaments |
|---|---|
| The British Waterways Board | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) comprising– (a) waterways (including cuts and culverts, locks, gates, sluices, pumps, feeder conduits and weirs); (b) aqueducts, basins, bridges, embankments, reservoirs and tunnels; (c) lighthouses, beacons, buoys, breakwaters, boatlifts and other structures designed to aid navigation; (d) docks, wharves, piers, jetties, pontoons, moorings, slipways and buildings used for the floating storage of craft; (e) dredging and other waste disposal tips; (f) other land, buildings or parts of buildings and structures used for the provision of facilities for traffic by inland waterways or in harbours, or for ancillary purposes |
In this Part,–
“excepted hereditament” means any hereditament–
consisting of or including a dock or harbour undertaking carried on under authority conferred by or under any enactment;
consisting of premises so let out as to be capable of separate assessment;
consisting of premises used as a shop, museum, car park, warehouse, place of public refreshment or as a workshop or premises for maintenance or repair or for the hiring or storage of craft; or
consisting of office premises; and
“inland waterway” includes any such waterway, whether natural or artificial.
| Designated person | Relevant hereditaments |
|---|---|
| I. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LISTS FOR BOTH ENGLAND AND WALES | |
| National Power plcThe Power Generation Company plc | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the generation of electrical power or for ancillary purposes |
| The National Grid Company plc | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the generation, transformation and transmission of electrical power, or for ancillary purposes |
| Manweb plcMidlands Electricity plcSouth Wales Electricity plc | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the functions of a public electricity supplier or for ancillary purposes |
| II. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND | |
| Eastern Electricity plcEast Midlands Electricity plcLondon Electricity plcNorthern Electric plcNORWEB plcScottish Power plcSEEBOARD plcSouthern Electric plcSouth Western Electricity plcYorkshire Electricity Group plc | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the functions of a public electricity supplier or for ancillary purposes |
In this Part–
“excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising premises used wholly or mainly–
as a shop or other place for the sale, display or demonstration of apparatus or accessories for use by consumers of electricity (any use for the receipt of payments for the use of electricity being disregarded);
as office premises of a designated person, where those premises are not situated on operational land of that person; or
for both of the foregoing purposes; or
for the generation of electricity primarily by means of wind power; and
“public electricity supplier” has the same meaning as in section 6(9) of the Electricity Act 1989(1).
| Designated person | Relevant hereditaments |
|---|---|
| British Gas plc | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly– (a) for the purposes of British Gas plc acting as a public gas supplier; or (b) for the purposes of the supply, installation or maintenance of gas appliances, or for ancillary purposes; or (c) for more than one of the foregoing purposes. |
In this Part–
“excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising premises used wholly or mainly–
for the manufacture of plant or gas fittings;
as a shop or other place for the sale, display or demonstration of apparatus or accessories for use by consumers of gas (any use for the receipt of payments for the use of gas being disregarded);
as office premises, where those premises are not situated on operational land of British Gas plc; or
for more than one of the foregoing purposes; and
“public gas supplier” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Gas Act 1986(2).
| Designated person | Relevant hereditaments |
|---|---|
| I. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LISTS FOR BOTH ENGLAND AND WALES | |
| The British Railways Board | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the parts of the designated person’s undertaking which are concerned with carriage of goods or passengers by rail, or for purposes ancillary to those purposes (including the purpose of exhibiting advertisements) |
| II. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND | |
| London Underground LimitedDocklands Light Railway Limited | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the parts of the designated person’s undertaking which are concerned with carriage of goods or passengers by rail, or for purposes ancillary to those purposes (including the purpose of exhibiting advertisements) |
| The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Railway, or for purposes ancillary to those purposes (including the purpose of exhibiting advertisements) |
In this Part
“excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising–
premises used as a shop, hotel, museum or place of public refreshment;
premises used wholly or mainly as office premises occupied by a designated person which are not situated on operational land of that person or of another person designated by virtue of this Part;
premises or rights so let out as to be capable of separate assessment;
premises (other than premises used in connection with the collection and delivery of parcels, goods or merchandise conveyed or to be conveyed by rail) used wholly or in part for purposes concerned with the carriage of goods or passengers by road transport or sea transport or with harbours, or for purposes incidental to such purposes.
| Designated person | Relevant hereditaments |
|---|---|
| British Telecommunications plc | All hereditaments occupied by posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, switchgear and other equipment not within a building, or by easements or wayleaves, being property used for the purposes of telecommunications services |
| Mercury Communications Limited | All hereditaments occupied by posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, towers, masts, switchgear and other equipment, or by easements or wayleaves, being property used for the purposes of telecommunications services |
| Designated person | Relevant hereditaments |
|---|---|
| I. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LISTS FOR BOTH ENGLAND AND WALES | |
| Chester Waterworks CompanyDwr Cymru CyfyngedigNorth West Water LimitedSevern Trent Water LimitedWrexham and East Denbighshire Water Company | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a water undertaker under Chapter II of Part II of the Water Act 1989(3) or for ancillary purposes |
| II. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND | |
| Anglian Water Services LimitedNorthumbrian Water LimitedSouthern Water Services LimitedSouth West Water Services LimitedThames Water Utilities LimitedWessex Water Services LimitedYorkshire Water Services LimitedBournemouth and District Water CompanyBristol Waterworks CompanyCambridge Water CompanyCholderton and District Water Company LimitedColne Valley Water CompanyEast Anglian Water CompanyEastbourne Water CompanyEast Surrey Water CompanyEast Worcestershire Water CompanyEssex Water CompanyFolkestone and District Water CompanyHartlepools Water CompanyLee Valley Water CompanyMid Kent Water CompanyMid Southern Water CompanyMid Sussex Water CompanyNewcastle and Gateshead Water CompanyNorth Surrey Water CompanyPortsmouth Water CompanyRickmansworth Water CompanySouth Staffordshire Water CompanySunderland and South Shields Water CompanySutton District Water CompanyTendring Hundred Waterworks CompanyWest Hampshire Water CompanyWest Kent Water CompanyYork Waterworks Company | Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a water undertaker under Chapter II of Part II of the Water Act 1989 or for ancillary purposes |
In this Part,
“excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising premises used wholly or mainly–
for the manufacture, storage, sale, display or demonstration of apparatus or accessories for use by consumers of water (any use for the receipt of payments for the use of water or sewerage services being disregarded); or
as office premises occupied by a designated person, where those premises are not situated on operational land of that person; or
for both of the foregoing purposes.
| Designated person | Relevant hereditaments |
|---|---|
| I. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LISTS FOR BOTH ENGLAND AND WALES | |
| Mainline Pipelines Limited | Cross-country pipe-lines (within the meaning of the Pipe-lines Act 1962(4) situated within the area of more than one charging authority |
| II. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND | |
| The BOC Group plcBP Chemicals LimitedBP Oil UK LimitedBritish Steel plcConoco LimitedConoco (UK) LimitedEsso UK plcImperial Chemical Industries plcThe Rugby Group plcShell Chemicals UK Company LimitedShell UK LimitedUnited Kingdom Oil Pipelines LimitedWalton-Gatwick Pipeline Company Limited | Cross-country pipe-lines (within the meaning of the Pipe-lines Act 1962) situated within the area of more than one charging authority |
In this Schedule–
“office premises” means any hereditament constructed or adapted as offices or for office purposes, or used wholly or mainly for such purposes;
“office purposes” includes the purposes of administration and clerical work and handling money; and
“clerical work” includes writing, book-keeping, typing, filing, duplicating, sorting papers or information or calculating (whether by manual, mechanical or electronic means), drawing, and the editorial preparation of matter for publication;
“operational land”, in relation to a designated person, means land which is used for the purposes of carrying on that person’s undertaking, not being land which, in respect of its nature and situation, is comparable rather with land in general than with land which is used for the purposes of carrying on of statutory undertakings (within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971)(5);
and 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.