The Non-Domestic Rating (Communications Hereditaments) (Valuation, Alteration of Lists and Appeals and Material Day) (England) Regulations 2008

PART 1 Preliminary

Citation, application and commencement

1.  These Regulations, which apply to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Communications Hereditaments) (Valuation, Alteration of Lists and Appeals and Material Day) (England) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1st October 2008.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

“ALA Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2005(1);

“BT” means British Telecommunications plc;

“Central List Regulations” means the Central Rating List (England) Regulations 2005(2);

“fully unbundled local loop” means an unbundled local loop which BT has let or licensed to any person for all uses that comprise the monitoring, processing or transmission of communications or other signals for the provision of electronic communications services;

“the hereditament” means the hereditament described in regulation 8(1) of the Central List Regulations (BT’s central rating list hereditament); and

“unbundled local loop” has the meaning given by regulation 8(6) of the Central List Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2005/659, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

S.I. 2005/551, amended by S.I. 2008/429; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.