PART 2E+WCalculations and in-year payments

[F1Payments with respect to shale oil or gas hereditamentsE+W

7A.(1) This regulation applies where the area of a billing authority includes a hereditament within a class designated by Part 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Shale Oil and Gas and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015.

(2) The amount specified by this regulation is the amount to be disregarded in respect of a hereditament for the relevant year calculated in accordance with the Non-Domestic Rating (Shale Oil and Gas and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 where the hereditament falls within a class designated by Part 2 of those Regulations.

(3) The billing authority must make a payment for the year to each relevant precepting authority equal to that authority’s share (as set out in paragraph (4)) of the amount estimated (if any), in accordance with regulation 3, as the amount specified by this regulation.

(4) The relevant precepting authority shares are—

(a)60% where the relevant precepting authority is a county council which is a fire and rescue authority;

(b)59% where the relevant precepting authority is a county council which is not a fire and rescue authority;

(c)20% where the relevant precepting authority is the Greater London Authority; and

(d)1% where the relevant precepting authority is a fire and rescue authority not falling within sub-paragraph (a).

(5) The payment must be made in the course of the relevant year in accordance with the schedule of instalments.]