# The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/3153 · made 29 November 2004

Section 43 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 provides for mandatory rate relief for certain hereditaments in rural settlements and the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Houses and Petrol Filling Stations) (England) Order 2001 added public houses and petrol filling stations to the hereditaments that are eligible for relief. Section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 provides that a billing authority may grant discretionary relief for hereditaments to which section 43(6A) applies and additionally to any hereditament in a rural settlement which is used for purposes which are of benefit to the local community.

Made under: Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Section 43, Section 47)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-rural-settlements-england-amendment-order-2004/pdf/uksi_20043153_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-rural-settlements-england-amendment-order-2004/pdf/uksiem_20043153_en.pdf

## Introductory text

RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND
Made 29th November 2004
Laid before Parliament 8th December 2004
Coming into force 1st April 2005
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 43(6B)(b) and 47(3A)(b) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, application and commencement

This Order, which applies to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

## 2 Rateable value limits

In respect of any hereditament shown in a non-domestic rating list compiled on or after 1st April 2005, the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1997 is amended as follows—
(a) in article 3(1)(a), for “£9,000” substitute “£10,500”;
(b) in article 3(1)(b), for “£6,000” substitute “£7,000”; and
(c) in article 3(2), for “£12,000” substitute “£14,000”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Phil Hope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
29th November 2004

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 43 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 provides for mandatory rate relief for certain hereditaments in rural settlements and the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Houses and Petrol Filling Stations) (England) Order 2001 added public houses and petrol filling stations to the hereditaments that are eligible for relief. Section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 provides that a billing authority may grant discretionary relief for hereditaments to which section 43(6A) applies and additionally to any hereditament in a rural settlement which is used for purposes which are of benefit to the local community.
This Order amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1997 to prescribe that—
(a) in respect of a petrol filling station or public house in a rural settlement, £10,500;
(b) in respect of any other hereditament in a rural settlement, £7,000;
is the maximum rateable value of a hereditament which can be eligible for such mandatory relief.
This Order also amends the 1997 Order to prescribe £14,000 as the maximum rateable value of a hereditament which can be eligible for discretionary relief under section 47(3A).

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