Regulation 5 Canal hereditaments

(1)

In this regulation,

(a)

“excepted hereditament” means any hereditament—

(i)

consisting of or including a dock or harbour undertaking carried on under authority conferred by or under any enactment;

(ii)

consisting of premises so let out as to be capable of separate assessment;

(iii)

consisting of office premises or consisting of a car park used wholly or mainly in connection with office premises; and

(b)

“inland waterway” means any such waterway, whether natural or artificial.

(2)

Anything situated in England which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament and anything situated in Wales which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if—

(a)

it is occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by the British Waterways Board;

(b)

it comprises—

(i)

waterways (including cuts and culverts, locks, gates, sluices, pumps, flood let-off valves, feeders, conduits, weirs, side ponds, ditches and drains);

(ii)

aqueducts, basins, bridges, embankments, reservoirs and tunnels;

(iii)

lighthouses, beacons, buoys, breakwaters, boatlifts and other structures designed to aid navigation;

(iv)

docks, wharves, piers, jetties, pontoons, moorings, slipways, land and buildings used for the building, maintenance or floating storage of craft, or for the provision, maintenance or servicing of inland waterways and plant or machinery used in connection therewith;

(v)

clay pits, dredging or other waste disposal tips; or

(vi)

other land, buildings or structures or parts of buildings or structures used for the provision or servicing of facilities for traffic by, public access to, or enjoyment of, inland waterways, or for ancillary purposes; and

(c)

it is not comprised in an excepted hereditament.

(3)

The hereditaments described in paragraph (2) above shall be treated as occupied by the British Waterways Board.