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(1)A person (the ratepayer) shall as regards a hereditament be subject to a non-domestic rate in respect of a chargeable financial year if the following conditions are fulfilled in respect of any day in the year—
(a)on the day none of the hereditament is occupied,
(b)on the day the ratepayer is the owner of the whole of the hereditament,
(c)the hereditament is shown for the day in a local non-domestic rating list in force for the year, and
(d)on the day the hereditament falls within a description prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations.
(2)In such a case the ratepayer shall be liable to pay an amount calculated by—
(a)finding the chargeable amount for each chargeable day, and
(b)aggregating the amounts found under paragraph (a) above.
(3)A chargeable day is one which falls within the financial year and in respect of which the conditions mentioned in subsection (1) above are fulfilled.
(4)Subject to subsection (5) below, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day shall be calculated in accordance with the formula—
(5)Where subsection (6) below applies the chargeable amount for a chargeable day shall be calculated in accordance with the formula—
(6)This subsection applies where on the day concerned the ratepayer is a charity or trustees for a charity and it appears that when next in use the hereditament will be wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes (whether of that charity or of that and other charities).
(7)The amount the ratepayer is liable to pay under this section shall be paid to the charging authority in whose local non-domestic rating list the hereditament is shown.
(8)The liability to pay any such amount shall be discharged by making a payment or payments in accordance with regulations under Schedule 9 below.
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