Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order, which extends to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Designation of Rural Areas) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 31st December 2001.

(2) In this Order:

“the map” means the maps each entitled “Map referred to in the Non-Domestic Rating (Designation of Rural Areas) (England) Order 2001”, of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions; and

“urban areas” means—

excluding, in each case, any part or parts of the areas which are designated as rural areas under—

Designation of rural areas

2. There is designated as a rural area for the purposes of section 42A (rural settlement list) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 all of England outside the urban areas.

Article 1(2)

SCHEDULE LIST OF LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS

• The London borough of Barking

• The London borough of Bexley

• The London borough of Brent

• The London borough of Camden

• City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple

• The London borough of Croydon

• The London borough of Ealing

• The London borough of Greenwich

• The London borough of Hackney

• The London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

• The London borough of Haringey

• The London borough of Harrow

• The London borough of Hounslow

• The London borough of Islington

• The Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea

• The London borough of Lambeth

• The London borough of Lewisham

• The London borough of Merton

• The London borough of Newham

• The London borough of Redbridge

• The London borough of Richmond upon Thames

• The London borough of Southwark

• The London borough of Sutton

• The London borough of Tower Hamlets

• The London borough of Waltham Forest

• The London borough of Wandsworth

• City of Westminster

• The City of Birmingham

• The metropolitan borough of Dudley

• The City of Liverpool

• The City of Manchester

• The metropolitan borough of Sandwell

• The City of Wolverhampton

• The borough of Blackpool

• The City of Bristol

• The City of Derby

• The City of Kingston upon Hull

• The City of Nottingham

• The City of Plymouth

• The City of Portsmouth

• The borough of Reading

• The borough of Slough

• The City of Southampton

• The borough of Southend-on-Sea

• The City of Cambridge

• The borough of Castle Point

• The City of Gloucester

• The borough of Gosport

• The district of Harlow

• The borough of Ipswich

• The City of Lincoln

• The City of Norwich

• The borough of Spelthorne

• The borough of Stevenage

• The borough of Tamworth

• The borough of Watford

• The City of Worcester

• The borough of Worthing