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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/central-rating-list-wales-amendment-regulations-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2008/2672",
  "legislation_title": "The Central Rating List (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/central-rating-list-wales-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Central Rating List (Wales) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”).\nUnder Sections 53, 64(3) and 65(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (“the Act”), the 2005 Regulations prescribe the hereditaments which are to be listed on central non-domestic rating lists for Wales compiled on or after 1 April 2005 and designate the persons who will be considered to be in occupation or, if unoccupied, have ownership of those hereditaments for the purposes of rating.\nRegulation 8 of the 2005 Regulations is concerned with communications hereditaments and provides for the communication hereditaments of the relevant person designated under regulation 4 to be treated as a single hereditament.\nThese Regulations specify that British Telecommunications plc (“BT”) are to be treated as in occupation of a single hereditament comprising property which it occupies or owns, such as telephone kiosks and masts, and all unbundled local loops. An unbundled local loop exists where the copper wire connection between the local telephone exchange and the customer’s premises is disconnected from BT’s network and connected to an alternative service provider’s network.\nSection 53(4) of the Act provides that where regulations amend the list of designated persons in relation to a description of hereditament, those amendments may have effect from a date earlier than that on which the regulations are made. Pursuant to that power, regulation 2 of these Regulations makes BT liable for unbundled local loops with effect from 1 April 2005.\nA regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in connection with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained at http:www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/buslegislation/bus-legislation-sub.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2008/2672/note",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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