The Central Rating Lists (England) Regulations 2000

PART I PRELIMINARY

Citation, extent, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations, which extend to England only, may be cited as the Central Rating Lists (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force–

(a) for all purposes other than those of regulation 11, on 27th March 2000, and

(b) for the purposes of regulation 11, on 1st April 2000.

(2) In these Regulations–

(a) “the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

(b) “the 1994 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994(1);

(c) “designated person” in relation to a central list compiled on or after 1st April 2000 means a person designated by regulation 3(1) of these Regulations;

(d) “office premises” means any hereditament constructed or adapted as offices or for office purposes, or used wholly or mainly for such purposes;

(e) “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, calculating (whether by manual, mechanical or electronic means), drawing, and the editorial preparation of matter for publication;

(f) “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 1990(2);

(g) references to a central list are to a central non-domestic rating list for England; and

(h) references to a hereditament are to a relevant non-domestic hereditament.

(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a designated person by name is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the company or body registered by or bearing that name on 1st January 2000.

(4) Any reference in these Regulations 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.

Application

2.  These Regulations shall have effect in relation to a central list compiled on or after 1st April 2000.

(1)

S.I. 1994/3123.

(2)

1990 c. 8.