PART 2SLands and heritages in the roll on 1 April 2023
Application of Parts 2 and 4S
6.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), this Part and Part 4 apply to lands and heritages—
(a)which were shown in the roll on 1 April 2023, and
(b)in respect of all or any part of which there was an entry, or were entries, in the roll on 31 March 2023.
(2) This Part does not apply to lands and heritages shown in an entry in the roll on 1 April 2023 if—
(a)that entry showed a nil rateable value, or
(b)the only lands and heritages shown in that entry which were to any extent shown in the roll on 31 March 2023 had a nil rateable value on 1 April 2023.
(3) This Part does not apply to any lands and heritages shown in an entry if the only lands and heritages that were to any extent shown in the roll on 31 March 2023 had a nil rateable value on 31 March 2023 but had a rateable value above zero on 1 April 2023.
(4) Where a merged, split or reorganised entry takes effect on a date after 1 April 2023, this Part and Part 4 cease to apply to the lands and heritages shown in that entry, as from the date on which the merged, split or reorganised entry takes effect.
Amount payable as ratesS
7. Where the notional liability in respect of any lands and heritages to which this Part applies on any day in the relevant year is more than the transitional limit in respect of those lands and heritages on that day, the amount payable as rates in respect of those lands and heritages on that day is, subject to Part 3, that transitional limit, calculated in accordance with regulation 9.
Notional liabilityS
8. The notional liability of any lands and heritages to which this Part applies on any day is to be calculated in accordance with the formula—
where—
RV is the rateable value of those lands and heritages on that day, and
PF is the poundage figure of —
0.559 where the lands and heritages have a rateable value exceeding £100,000,
0.545 where the lands and heritages have a rateable value exceeding £51,000 but not exceeding £100,000,
0.498 where the lands and heritages which have a rateable value of £51,000 or less.
Transitional limitS
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), in respect of lands and heritages to which this Part applies on any day—
(a)where the rateable value for that day exceeds the rateable value on 1 April 2023, the transitional limit is calculated in accordance with the formula—
(b)in any other case the transitional limit is calculated in accordance with the formula—
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
BL is the base liability of the lands and heritages, calculated in accordance with regulation 10,
CRV is the rateable value of the lands and heritages on the day with reference to which the transitional limit is calculated,
RV is the rateable value of the lands and heritages entered in the roll at revaluation on 1 April 2023,
PF is the poundage figure of—
0.559 where the lands and heritages have a rateable value exceeding £100,000,
0.545 where the lands and heritages have a rateable value exceeding £51,000 but not exceeding £100,000,
0.498 where the lands and heritages have a rateable value of £51,000 or less, and
X is—
2.406 where at revaluation on 1 April 2023 the lands and heritages had a rateable value of more than £100,000,
1.875 where at revaluation on 1 April 2023 the lands and heritages had a rateable value between £20,001 and £100,000,
1.406 where at revaluation on 1 April 2023 the lands and heritages had a rateable value of £20,000 or less.
(3) Where relief is granted under regulation 10A(1) (relief granted – financial year 2024-25- lands and heritages in respect of which a relevant increase has been made within the previous 12 months) of the New and Improved Property Relief Regulations the transitional limit is calculated in accordance with paragraph (5) of that regulation.
Base liabilityS
10.—(1) The base liability in respect of any lands and heritages is—
(a)in the case of lands and heritages shown in a split or reorganised entry taking effect on 1 April 2023, to be calculated in accordance with the formula—
where—
NL is the notional liability of those lands and heritages, calculated in accordance with regulation 8, and
X is—
1.4 where at revaluation on 1 April 2023 the lands and heritages had a rateable value of more than £100,000,
1.25 where at revaluation on 1 April 2023 the lands and heritages had a rateable value between £20,001 and £100,000,
1.2 where at revaluation on 1 April 2023 the lands and heritages had a rateable value of £20,000 or less,
(b)in any other case, the deemed amount (or, in the case of a merged entry taking effect on 1 April 2023, the total deemed amount) in respect of those lands and heritages calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In paragraph (1)(b), the deemed amount in respect of any lands and heritages is the amount which would have been payable as rates in respect of those lands and heritages for the financial year ending 31 March 2023, had that amount been calculated on the basis of the rateable value of the lands and heritages on 31 March 2023, including any additional amounts of rates payable in terms of regulation 4 (amount payable as rates – lands and heritages with rateable value exceeding £51,000, but not exceeding £95,000) or 5 (amount payable as rates – lands and heritages with rateable value exceeding £95,000) of the 2022 Regulations, but before applying any reliefs.
Regulation 10A is inserted by regulation 17 of these Regulations.