{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-renewable-energy-projects-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-renewable-energy-projects-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/108",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Domestic Rating (Renewable Energy Projects) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-renewable-energy-projects-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;\n“altered hereditament” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;\n“authority” means a billing authority in England whose area includes a hereditament within a designated class;\n“biomass” is to be construed in accordance with article 3 of the Renewables Obligation Order 2015;\n“designated class” means a class of hereditaments designated by Part 2;\n“generating plant” means—\n(a)in relation to a hereditament falling within class A to E, plant in or on the hereditament which is used or available for use for the purposes of generating electricity;\n(b)in relation to a hereditament falling within class F, plant which is used or available for use for the purposes of generating electricity;\n“new hereditament” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;\n“non-domestic rating income” in relation to a hereditament has the meaning given by regulation 13(1);\n“notional 31st March 2013 rateable value”—\n(a)where Schedule 1 applies, has the meaning given by paragraph 3 of that Schedule; and\n(b)where Schedule 2 applies, is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule;\n“old hereditament” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2;\n“original hereditament” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;\n“rateable plant and machinery” means plant and machinery specified in the Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (England) Regulations 2000;\n“relevant multiplier ratio” in relation to a hereditament has the meaning given by regulation 13(3);\n“relevant valuation officer” means the valuation officer for an authority whose area includes a hereditament within a designated class;\n“relevant year” means the year for which a calculation under Schedule 7B is being made; and\n“renewable power station” has the meaning given by regulation 5.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Renewable Energy Projects) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/184), regs. 1(2), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.4.2026) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Renewable Energy Projects) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/240), regs. 1(2), 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.4.2026) by The Non-Domestic Rating (Renewable Energy Projects) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/240), regs. 1(2), 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 18.2.2013, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/540."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/108/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:06:40.810996+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}