Part ICommunity Charges

Charges

3Persons subject to standard community charge

1

A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a freehold interest in the whole of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the building throughout the day—

a

it is situated in the authority’s area,

b

it is not the sole or main residence of an individual (construing sole or main residence in accordance with section 2 above),

c

it is domestic property,

d

it is not designated for the purposes of collective community charges of the authority,

e

it is not divided into self-contained parts, and

f

it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest.

2

A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a relevant leasehold interest in the whole of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the building throughout the day—

a

the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (e) above, and

b

the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest inferior to his interest.

3

A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a freehold interest in the whole of a self-contained part of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the part throughout the day—

a

the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) above, and

b

the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest.

4

A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a relevant leasehold interest in the whole of a self-contained part of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the part throughout the day—

a

the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) above, and

b

the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest inferior to his interest.

5

A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he is at any time on the day the owner of a caravan, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the caravan throughout the day—

a

the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b) above, and

b

the condition that it is stationed on land which is a protected site.