{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-rateable-values-order-1989/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-rateable-values-order-1989/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2477",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Rateable Values) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-rateable-values-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;\n“class of hereditaments” means a class of railway hereditaments in relation to which amounts are specified in each column of the Schedule;\n“railway hereditaments” means non-domestic hereditaments required by virtue of Part 4 of the Schedule to the Central Rating Lists Regulations 1989 to be shown in a central rating list; and\n“English railway hereditaments” means such hereditaments as are so required to be shown in the central rating list for England; and\n“Welsh railway hereditaments” means such hereditaments as are so required to be shown in the central rating list for Wales;\n“relevant year” means any year for which a rateable value falls to be determined in accordance with this Order, and\n“relevant preceding year” means the year preceding a relevant year;\n“year” means a chargeable financial year; and any reference to hereditaments occupied by a person includes a reference to hereditaments which, if unoccupied, are owned by that person; and references to occupation shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2263."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2477/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:30:07.431758+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."
}