Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977

[F17.(1) Article 41 (distinguishment in valuation list of hereditament used for public, charitable or certain other purposes) shall have effect in relation to a hereditament in respect of which a person is chargeable to rates under Article 25A if it appears to the Commissioner or the district valuer that Article 41 will apply to the hereditament when it is next in occupation.N.I.

(2) Accordingly Article 41 as it applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) shall have effect as if—

(a)in paragraph (1) for the words “the Commissioner or the district valuer is satisfied that a hereditament is” there were substituted the words “ it appears to the Commissioner or the district valuer that a hereditament in respect of which a person is chargeable to rates under Article 25A will when next in occupation be ”; and

(b)references in paragraphs (3) to (10) to the use or to the occupation of the hereditament shall be construed as references to the use or to the occupation of the hereditament which it appears to the Commissioner or the district valuer will be the use or occupation of the hereditament when it is next in occupation.]