Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 520
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND
The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made
28th February 2000
Laid before Parliament
6th March 2000
Coming into force
1st April 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 45(1)(d) and (9) of the Local Government Finance Act 1998( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:–
Citation, commencement and extent
1. These Regulations, which extend to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
Property liable for unoccupied rates
2.Regulation 2(2)(g) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) Regulations 1989( 2 ) shall have effect in respect of a hereditament shown in a non-domestic rating list compiled on or after 1st April 2000 as if for “ £1,500” there were substituted “£1,900”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
28th February 2000
1988 c. 41 . Section 45(1)(d) was amended and section 45(9) was inserted by sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) respectively of paragraph 23 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) . These powers are devolved, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ); see the reference to the 1988 Act in Schedule 1.