Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 3152
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND
The Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (England) Order 2004
Made
29th November 2004
Laid before Parliament
8th December 2004
Coming into force
1st April 2005
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 43(6F) and 143(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, application and commencement
1. This Order, which applies to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (England) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.
Rateable value limits
2. In respect of any hereditament shown in a non-domestic rating list compiled on or after 1st April 2005, £7,000 is the amount specified for the purposes of section 43(6F)(b) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (mandatory relief for former agricultural premises).
Revocation and saving
3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (England) Order 2001( 2 ) is revoked.
(2)The Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (England) Order 2001 shall continue to have effect in respect of any hereditament shown in a non-domestic rating list compiled before 1st April 2005.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Phil Hope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
29th November 2004
1988 c. 41 . Section 43(6F) was inserted by the Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Act 2001 (c. 14) . These powers were 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 Local Government Finance Act 1988 in Schedule 1.
S.I. 2001/2585 .