Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 2585
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND
The Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (England) Order 2001
Made
17th July 2001
Laid before Parliament
24th July 2001
Coming into force
15th August 2001
The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 43(6F) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation, extent and commencement
1. This Order, which extends to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 15th August 2001.
Rateable value limits
2. £6,000 is the amount prescribed as the amount of rateable value for the purposes of section 43(6F)(b) (mandatory relief on former agricultural premises) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
17th July 2001
1988 c. 41 . Section 43(6F) was inserted by the section 1 of the Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Act 2001. These powers are devolved, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales; see section 4 of the Act of 2001 and the reference to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ).