The Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2009

Rules for determination of chargeable amount for new hereditament: splits after 1st April 2010 E+W

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph 6 (changes in the value of new hereditament: year of creation), where—

(a) this Schedule applies,

(b) the creation day falls on a day after 1st April 2010,

(c) the new hereditament comprises or incorporates all or part of a single old hereditament, and

(d) the chargeable amount for the chargeable day for the new hereditament is not zero under section 45A of the Act (unoccupied hereditaments: zero rating),

the following provisions of this paragraph shall be used to calculate the chargeable amount for a chargeable day which is a relevant day in the relevant year in which the creation day falls, in place of the provisions of section 43(4) to (6A), 44 and 45(4) and (4A), and 54(4) to (7) of the Act.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3), (5), (7) and (9), the chargeable amount for the chargeable day shall be calculated by applying the formula—

(3) Where sub-paragraph (4) applies, the chargeable amount for the chargeable day shall be found by dividing the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by 5.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies where, on the day concerned, the conditions in section 43(6) of the Act (charities and registered community amateur sports clubs) are fulfilled as respects the hereditament.

(5) Where sub-paragraph (6) applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day shall be found by—

(a) subtracting U (as defined in regulation 10) from the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2); and

(b) dividing the result of the calculation performed under sub-paragraph (a) by E.

(6) This sub-paragraph applies where, on the day concerned, the conditions in section 43(4B) of the Act (small business rate relief) are fulfilled as respects the hereditament.

(7) Where sub-paragraph (8) applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day shall be found by dividing the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by 2.

(8) This sub-paragraph applies where, on the chargeable day, the conditions in section 43(6B) of the Act (general stores etc in rural settlements) are fulfilled as respects the hereditament.

(9) Where sub-paragraph (10) applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day shall be found by dividing the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) by the number prescribed in an order under section 45(4A) of the Act (reduction in chargeable amount for unoccupied hereditaments).

(10) This sub-paragraph applies where, on the day concerned—

(a) the conditions in section 45(1) of the Act (unoccupied hereditaments: liability) are fulfilled as respects the hereditament; and

(b) an order under section 45(4A) is in force and has effect in relation to the hereditament.

(11) For the purposes of this paragraph—

E is the amount prescribed under section 44(9) of the Act (occupied hereditaments: supplementary) for the relevant year in which the relevant day falls;

R is the amount which would have been the chargeable amount for the old hereditament for the creation day if—

(a)

the old hereditament continued to exist and was shown in a local or the central list for that day;

(b)

the rateable value for that day were the same as for the previous day;

(c)

the whole of the old hereditament were occupied and the conditions in sections 43(4B) (small business rate relief), 43(6) (charities or registered community amateur sports clubs), 43(6B) (general stores etc in rural settlements) and 47(1) (discretionary relief) of the Act are not fulfilled for it for the creation day and section 49(1) (reduction or remission of liability) of the Act did not apply to it for the creation day;

J is the rateable value shown in a local list or the central list for the new hereditament for the creation day; and

S is the rateable value shown in a local or the central list for the old hereditament for the day immediately before the creation day.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 17.12.2009, see reg. 1(1)