http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2836/contents/made

The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (No. 2) Order 1998

Rural communities

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-07-04

RATING AND VALUATION

Schedule 1 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 amends the Local Government Finance Act 1988 to make provision for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates for certain general stores and post offices, and discretionary relief for hereditaments used for purposes beneficial to the local community, in certain rural settlements in areas designated as rural areas by order of the Secretary of State. The rural settlements are to be identified by reference to lists drawn up by billing authorities.