# The Central Rating Lists (England) Regulations 2000, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
With a view to securing the central rating en bloc of certain hereditaments, regulations may be made under section 53(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 which designate a person and prescribe in relation to that person one or more descriptions of non-domestic hereditament.
In relation to the central rating list for England which is to be compiled on 1st April 2000, regulation 3 of these Regulations designates the persons named in the Schedule and prescribes the descriptions of hereditament shown in the Schedule against the names of those persons. There are thereby designated: hereditaments consisting of canals, electricity distribution and supply premises, hereditaments occupied for the purposes of BG Transco plc (formerly British Gas plc), railway hereditaments, telecommunications hereditaments, water supply hereditaments and long-distance pipe-lines.
Regulation 4 requires the names of the designated persons and the hereditaments situated in England which are within the prescribed descriptions and are occupied (or, if unoccupied, owned) by those persons to be shown in any central non-domestic rating list for England compiled on or after 1st April 2000. Regulation 5 requires the list to show certain information about the designated persons and the date from which a rateable value shown in the list has effect.
Regulations 6 to 9 make provision in respect of railway hereditaments. Regulations 7 and 8 provide for hereditaments occupied or owned by, respectively Railtrack PLC and London Underground Limited to be treated as single hereditaments. Regulation 9 makes consequential amendments to the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994.
Regulation 10 amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994 consequential on telecommunications operators changing their names.
Regulation 11 revokes the Central Rating Lists Regulations 1994 in relation to England with effect from 1st April 2000 subject to certain savings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/525/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/central-rating-lists-england-regulations-2000/note
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