Citation, application and commencement

1. This Order, which applies to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 1st April 2009.

Amendments to the Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) Order 2004

2. For the purposes of applications under section 43(4B)(a)(iii) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2009, the Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) Order 2004( 2 ) is amended as follows.

Maximum rateable value to be eligible for small business rate relief

3. Article 2 is omitted.

Conditions for relief

4. In article 3—

(a) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“ (3) The second condition is that the rateable value of the hereditament as shown in the local non-domestic rating list for the chargeable day is not more than—

(a) for a hereditament situated in Greater London, £21,499;

(b) for a hereditament situated outside Greater London, £14,999. ” ; and

(b) in paragraph (6)(c) for “article 2” substitute “paragraph (3)”.

Amount of E

5. In article 6(1)(c), for “article 2” substitute “article 3(3)”.