The Non-Domestic Rating (Designation of Rural Areas) (England) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 3916

RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND

The Non-Domestic Rating (Designation of Rural Areas) (England) Order 2001

Made

7th December 2001

Laid before Parliament

10th December 2001

Coming into force

31st December 2001

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 42A(3)(c) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order, which extends to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Designation of Rural Areas) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 31st December 2001.

(2) In this Order:

“the map” means the maps each entitled “Map referred to in the Non-Domestic Rating (Designation of Rural Areas) (England) Order 2001”, of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions; and

“urban areas” means—

(i)

the areas of the local authorities specified in the Schedule to this Order; and

(ii)

the areas shown cross-hatched on the map bounded externally by the outer edge of a black line,

excluding, in each case, any part or parts of the areas which are designated as rural areas under—

(a)

article 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1997(2);

(b)

article 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1998(3);

(c)

article 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (No. 2) Order 1998(4); or

(d)

article 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1999(5).

Designation of rural areas

2.  There is designated as a rural area for the purposes of section 42A (rural settlement list) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 all of England outside the urban areas.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Nick Raynsford

Minister of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

7th December 2001

Article 1(2)

SCHEDULE LIST OF LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS

The London borough of Barking

The London borough of Bexley

The London borough of Brent

The London borough of Camden

City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple

The London borough of Croydon

The London borough of Ealing

The London borough of Greenwich

The London borough of Hackney

The London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

The London borough of Haringey

The London borough of Harrow

The London borough of Hounslow

The London borough of Islington

The Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The London borough of Lambeth

The London borough of Lewisham

The London borough of Merton

The London borough of Newham

The London borough of Redbridge

The London borough of Richmond upon Thames

The London borough of Southwark

The London borough of Sutton

The London borough of Tower Hamlets

The London borough of Waltham Forest

The London borough of Wandsworth

City of Westminster

The City of Birmingham

The metropolitan borough of Dudley

The City of Liverpool

The City of Manchester

The metropolitan borough of Sandwell

The City of Wolverhampton

The borough of Blackpool

The City of Bristol

The City of Derby

The City of Kingston upon Hull

The City of Nottingham

The City of Plymouth

The City of Portsmouth

The borough of Reading

The borough of Slough

The City of Southampton

The borough of Southend-on-Sea

The City of Cambridge

The borough of Castle Point

The City of Gloucester

The borough of Gosport

The district of Harlow

The borough of Ipswich

The City of Lincoln

The City of Norwich

The borough of Spelthorne

The borough of Stevenage

The borough of Tamworth

The borough of Watford

The City of Worcester

The borough of Worthing

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Local Government Finance Act 1988 provides for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates for public houses, petrol filling stations, general stores, food stores and post offices, and discretionary relief for hereditaments used for purposes beneficial to the local community, in certain rural settlements in areas designated as rural areas by order of the Secretary of State. This order designates further areas in England only, in addition to those designated by S.I. 1997/2792, S.I. 1998/393, S.I. 1998/2836 and S.I. 1999/3158. This order provides for all of England outside of the local authority areas listed in the Schedule and the urban areas shown on the maps to be designated as a rural area.

The maps referred to in Article 1 of the Order may be inspected during normal office hours at the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU. These maps are based on census information from the Office of National Statistics.

(1)

1988 c. 41. Section 42A was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29).

(2)

S.I. 1997/2792.

(3)

S.I. 1998/393.

(4)

S.I. 1998/2836.

(5)

S.I. 1999/3158.