Citation and commencementE+W

1.—(1) This Order, which extends to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Houses and Petrol Filling Stations) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order—

[F1“alcohol” has the meaning given by section 191 of the Licensing Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”);]

F2...

“petrol filling station” means premises where petrol or other automotive fuels are sold retail to the general public for fuelling motor vehicles intended or adapted for use on roads.

[F3“premises” has the meaning given by section 193 of [F4the 2003 Act];]

[F3“premises licence” means—

(a)

a premises licence granted under Part 3 of that Act, or

(b)

a licence granted under Part 1 of Schedule 8 to that Act;]

[F5“public house” means premises that satisfy the following conditions:

(a)

a premises licence authorising the sale by retail of alcohol for consumption on the premises has effect;

(b)

the premises are used principally for such sales to members of the public for consumption on the premises; and

(c)

the sales are not made subject to the condition that buyers reside at or consume food on the premises.]

F6...

Condition for reliefE+W

2.  The conditions prescribed for the purpose of [F7paragraph 8(1)(d)(ii) of Schedule 4ZA to the Local Government Finance Act 1988] are that the whole or part of the hereditament is used as a public house or a petrol filling station, and in either case no other hereditament or part of a hereditament in the settlement concerned is so used.

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

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions