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Section 43
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4ZA inserted (1.4.2024 with effect in relation to financial years beginning on or after that date) by Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), ss. 1(3), 19(2)(a)
1E+WSubject to the following provisions of this Schedule, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day is to be calculated—
(a)in relation to England, in accordance with the formula—
(b)in relation to Wales, in accordance with the formula—
2(1)Where this paragraph applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day is to be calculated—
(a)in relation to England, in accordance with the formula—
(b)in relation to Wales, in accordance with the formula—
(2)This paragraph applies where, on the day concerned—
(a)the ratepayer is a charity or trustees for a charity and the hereditament is wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes (whether of that charity or of that and other charities), or
(b)the ratepayer is a registered club for the purposes of Chapter 9 of Part 13 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (community amateur sports clubs) and the hereditament is wholly or mainly used—
(i)for the purposes of that club, or
(ii)for the purposes of that club and of other such registered clubs.
3(1)This paragraph applies where—
(a)the chargeable day falls within the period of one year beginning with the day on which qualifying improvement works are completed,
(b)on the day concerned any conditions prescribed by the appropriate national authority in regulations are satisfied, and
(c)the day concerned falls before 1 April 2029.
(2)“Qualifying improvement works” has the meaning given by the appropriate national authority in regulations.
(3)The appropriate national authority may by regulations—
(a)amend paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) to substitute a longer period for the period for the time being specified in that paragraph;
(b)amend paragraph (c) of that sub-paragraph to substitute a later date for the date for the time being specified in that paragraph.
(4)For the consequence of this paragraph applying, see the definitions of “A” and “G” in paragraph 10.
4(1)Where this paragraph applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day is to be calculated—
(a)in relation to England, in accordance with the formula—
(b)in relation to Wales, in accordance with the formula—
(2)This paragraph applies—
(a)in relation to England, where on the day concerned any conditions prescribed by the Secretary of State in regulations are satisfied;
(b)in relation to Wales, where—
(i)the rateable value of the hereditament shown in the local non-domestic rating list for the first day of the chargeable financial year is not more than any amount prescribed by the Welsh Ministers in regulations, and
(ii)on the day concerned any conditions prescribed by the Welsh Ministers in regulations are satisfied.
(3)If a ratepayer makes an application in order to satisfy a condition prescribed under sub-paragraph (2)(a) and the ratepayer—
(a)makes a statement in the application which the ratepayer knows to be false in a material particular, or
(b)recklessly makes a statement in the application which is false in a material particular,
the ratepayer is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both.
5Where any paragraph of this Part of this Schedule applies in relation to a hereditament on a chargeable day, the chargeable amount for the day concerned is zero.
6(1)This paragraph applies where—
(a)on the day concerned the hereditament is wholly or mainly used for the purposes of a heat network,
(b)on the day concerned any conditions prescribed by the appropriate national authority in regulations are satisfied, and
(c)the day concerned falls before 1 April 2035.
(2)“Heat network” has the meaning given in regulations by the appropriate national authority.
(3)The appropriate national authority may by regulations amend paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (1) to substitute a later date for the date for the time being specified in that paragraph.
7This paragraph applies where, on the day concerned, the hereditament consists wholly or mainly of public lavatories.
8(1)This paragraph applies where—
(a)the hereditament is situated in England,
(b)on the day concerned the hereditament is within a settlement identified in the billing authority’s rural settlement list for the chargeable financial year,
(c)at the beginning of that year, A, in relation to the hereditament, is not more than any amount prescribed by the Secretary of State in regulations, and
(d)on the day concerned—
(i)the whole or part of the hereditament is used as a qualifying post office, a qualifying general store or a qualifying food store, or
(ii)any conditions prescribed by the Secretary of State in regulations are satisfied.
(2)Sub-paragraphs (3) to (7) apply for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1).
(3)A hereditament, or part of a hereditament, is used as a qualifying post office on any day in a chargeable financial year if—
(a)it is used for the purposes of a universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011) and in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Part), and
(b)no other hereditament, or part of a hereditament, in the settlement concerned is so used.
(4)A hereditament, or part of a hereditament, is used as a qualifying general store on any day in a chargeable financial year if—
(a)a trade or business consisting wholly or mainly of the sale by retail of both food for human consumption (excluding confectionery) and general household goods is carried on there, and
(b)such a trade or business is not carried on in any other hereditament, or part of a hereditament, in the settlement concerned.
(5)A hereditament, or part of a hereditament, is used as a qualifying food store on any day in a chargeable financial year if a trade or business consisting wholly or mainly of the sale by retail of food for human consumption (excluding confectionery and excluding the supply of food in the course of catering) is carried on there.
(6)The supply of food in the course of catering includes—
(a)any supply of food for consumption on the premises on which it is supplied, or
(b)any supply of hot food for consumption off those premises.
(7)“Hot food” means food which, or any part of which—
(a)has been heated for the purposes of enabling it to be consumed at a temperature above the ambient air temperature, and
(b)is at the time of supply above that temperature.
(8)Where a hereditament or part of a hereditament is used as a qualifying post office or qualifying general store on any day in a chargeable financial year, it is not to be treated as ceasing to be so used on any subsequent day in that year merely because the condition in sub-paragraph (3)(b) or (4)(b) ceases to be satisfied.
9E+WIn relation to any hereditament in respect of which the paragraphs of this Schedule mentioned in the first column of the following table apply on the day concerned, the chargeable amount is to be calculated in accordance with the corresponding paragraph in the second column of the table—
Paragraphs having effect in relation to hereditament | Paragraph to be used for calculating chargeable amount |
---|---|
Paragraphs 2 and 4 | Paragraph 2 |
Paragraph 6 and any of 2 or 4 | Paragraph 6 |
Paragraph 7 and any of 2 or 4 | Paragraph 7 |
Paragraph 8 and any of 2 or 4 | Paragraph 8 |
10(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule.E+W
(2)“A” is—
(a)where the day concerned is a day on which paragraph 3 applies, the rateable value shown for the day under section 42(4) as regards the hereditament minus G;
(b)in any other case, the rateable value shown for the day under section 42(4) as regards the hereditament.
(3)“B” is—
(a)in a case where the billing authority is a special authority, the authority’s non-domestic rating multiplier for the financial year;
(b)in any other case, the non-domestic rating multiplier for the financial year.
(4)“C” is the number of days in the financial year.
(5)“D” is—
(a)in a case where the billing authority is a special authority, the authority’s small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the financial year;
(b)in any other case, the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the financial year.
(6)“E”, in relation to small business rate relief, is an amount prescribed, or calculated in accordance with provision prescribed, by the appropriate national authority in regulations.
(7)“G”, in relation to improvement rate relief, is an amount prescribed, or calculated in accordance with provision prescribed, by the appropriate national authority in regulations.
(8)Regulations under sub-paragraph (7) may (among other things) impose duties or confer powers on the valuation officer for a billing authority (whether as regards determinations, certificates or otherwise) in relation to the ascertainment of rateable values or of G.
(9)“M” is—
(a)whichever of B or D is prescribed for the purposes of the provision in question by the Treasury in regulations, or
(b)for the purposes of a provision where there is no such prescription—
(i)if that provision is paragraph 4(1)(a), D, or
(ii)for any other provision, B.
(10)Regulations under sub-paragraph (9) may prescribe different multipliers for a given provision by reference to (among other things)—
(a)the value of A (on the first day of a chargeable financial year or for a chargeable day) in relation to hereditaments;
(b)the location of hereditaments;
(c)the local non-domestic rating list in which hereditaments are shown;
(d)the use of hereditaments;
(e)the physical characteristics of hereditaments;
(f)ratepayers in respect of hereditaments falling within prescribed descriptions.
(11)Sub-paragraph (10) does not restrict what may otherwise be done under section 143(1).
11E+WFor the purposes of this Schedule, “the appropriate national authority” is—
(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.]
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