PART 1General
Citation and commencement1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Renewable Energy Projects) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 18th February 2013.
2
The designations made by these Regulations take effect on 1st April 2013.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;
“altered hereditament” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;
“authority” means a billing authority in England whose area includes a hereditament within a designated class;
“biomass” is to be construed in accordance with article 4 of the Renewables Obligation Order 20092;
“designated class” means a class of hereditaments designated by Part 2;
“generating plant” means—
- a
in relation to a hereditament falling within class A to E, plant in or on the hereditament which is used or available for use for the purposes of generating electricity;
- b
in relation to a hereditament falling within class F, plant which is used or available for use for the purposes of generating electricity;
- a
“new hereditament” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;
“non-domestic rating income” in relation to a hereditament has the meaning given by regulation 13;
“notional 31st March 2013 rateable value”—
- a
where Schedule 1 applies, has the meaning given by paragraph 3 of that Schedule; and
- b
where Schedule 2 applies, is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule;
- a
“old hereditament” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2;
“original hereditament” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;
“rateable plant and machinery” means plant and machinery specified in the Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (England) Regulations 20003;
“relevant valuation officer” means the valuation officer for an authority whose area includes a hereditament within a designated class;
“relevant year” means the year for which a calculation under Schedule 7B is being made; and
“renewable power station” has the meaning given by regulation 5.
Certificates: general3
1
The relevant valuation officer must certify the values which fall to be certified under these Regulations as soon as reasonably practicable after the authority has requested certification.
2
A certificate under these Regulations has effect for each day beginning with the date that the circumstances which led the authority to request certification first arose.
3
A certificate under these Regulations must specify the date on which the certificate takes effect in accordance with paragraph (2) or (4), as the case may be.
4
Where the relevant valuation officer forms the opinion that a certificate under these Regulations is inaccurate, the relevant valuation officer must certify the value which in that officer’s opinion should be substituted for that originally certified.
5
A certificate under paragraph (4) has effect in place of the previous certificate.
6
The relevant valuation officer certifying a value in pursuance of these Regulations must send a copy of the certificate to the authority concerned.
7
A certificate under these Regulations must be retained by the relevant valuation officer who made it.