The Central Rating Lists (England) Regulations 2000

Railway hereditaments: consequential

9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), regulation 3 of the 1994 Regulations is amended by the substitution for paragraphs (1) to (4) of the following–

“(1) In this regulation, “excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising–

(a) premises used as a shop, hotel, museum or place of public refreshment;

(b) premises used wholly or mainly as office premises–

(i) where paragraph (5) or (6) applies, which are occupied by the person named in that paragraph and which are not situated on operational land of that person or of another person designated by regulation 3 of, and named in Part 4 of the Schedule to, the Central Rating Lists (England) Regulations 2000; or

(ii) where paragraph (7) or (8) applies, which are occupied by Greater Manchester Metro Limited or South Yorkshire Supertram Limited, as the case may be;

(c) premises or rights so let out as to be capable of separate assessment; and

(d) 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.”.

(2) Nothing in this regulation affects the operation of the 1994 Regulations for the purposes of or for purposes connected with–

(a) any alteration of a non-domestic rating list in force immediately before 1st April 2000; or

(b) any provision made by regulations made under section 58 of the 1988 Act(1) (special provision for 1995 onwards) as to the chargeable amount as regards a hereditament for a relevant period as defined in that section.

(1)

Section 58 is amended by paragraph 68 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), by section 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1994 (c. 3) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29). See S.I. 1994/3279.