PART 2Rates Retention

Amendment of Schedule 2

7.  In Schedule 2 (qualifying relief for deduction from central share) for paragraph 1(2)(b) substitute—

(b)the ratepayer in respect of the hereditament became the ratepayer on or before—

(i)31st March 2018 in the case of a hereditament situated in an area designated by regulation 3 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas) Regulations 2013(1);

(ii)31st March 2019 in the case of a hereditament situated in an area designated by regulation 3 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas) Regulations 2014(2);

(iii)31st March 2020 in the case of a hereditament situated in the area designated by regulation 3(1) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Area) Regulations 2015(3);

(iv)31st March 2021 in the case of a hereditament situated in an area designated by regulation 4(1) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas etc.) Regulations 2016(4);

(v)31st March 2022 in the case of a hereditament situated in an area designated by regulation 4(1) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas etc.) Regulations 2017(5)..