The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2001

Made4th April 2001

Laid before Parliament4th April 2001

Coming into force5th April 2001

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 43(6B)(b) and 143(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 19881, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement1

This Order, which extend to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 5th April 2001.

Amendment to rateable value limits2

For article 3(1) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 19972 there shall be substituted the following:

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1
The amount prescribed as the maximum amount of the rateable value for the purposes of section 43(6B)(b) (mandatory relief for certain hereditaments) of the 1988 Act shall be—
a
in the case of a hereditament a part or the whole of which is used as a public house or petrol filling station (as each is defined in article 1(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Houses and Petrol Filling Stations) (England) Order 20013), £9,000:
b
in the case of any other hereditament, £6,000.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Hilary ArmstrongMinister of State,Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions4th April 2001

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 43(6A) and (6B) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 contains provisions for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates for certain hereditaments in rural settlements and the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Houses and Petrol Filling Stations) (England) Order 2001 added public houses and petrol filling stations to the hereditaments that qualify.

This Order further amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1997 to prescribe the maximum rateable values above which hereditament which include a public house or a petrol filling station will not be eligible for relief. For both types of hereditaments the maximum will be £9,000.