Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 408
Rating And Valuation, England
The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Made
21st February 2010
Laid before Parliament
25th February 2010
Coming into force
1st April 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45(1)(d) and (9) and 143(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st April 2010.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
Hereditaments not prescribed for the purposes of section 45(1)(d) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988
2. —(1)The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) Regulations 2008( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4(g)—
(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), for “£2,200” substitute “£2,600”;
(b) in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 2010, for “£2,200” substitute “£18,000”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Barbara Follett
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
21st February 2010
1988 c.41 . Section 45(1)(d) was amended, and subsection (9) inserted, by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42) , Schedule 5, paragraphs 23(2) and (3) and 79(3). These powers are now vested in the Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales. They were previously transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of 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. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) , they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers.