2. In these Regulations—
“the 1977 Order” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;
“electricity undertaker” means a holder of a licence under Article 10(1) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992(1);
“excepted hereditament” means a hereditament which falls within a class of hereditament described in the Schedule;
“gas undertaker” means a holder of a licence under Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(2);
“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975(3)
“post office” means a public post office within the meaning of section 42(3) of the Postal Services Act 2000(4);
“qualifying hereditament” means a hereditament—
which is, or would fall to be, shown in the NAV list;
which is wholly occupied;
which is not an excepted hereditament; and
no part of which is used as a post office;
“qualifying year” means a year ending before the 1st April 2015; and
“statutory undertaker” means persons authorised by any statutory provision to carry on any railway, road transport, water transport, inland navigation or dock undertaking, or a gas undertaker, an electricity undertaker, a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker or the airport operator (within the meaning of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994(5)) of any airport to which Article 25 of that Order applies.