{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977/schedule-8A/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977/schedule-8A/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1977/2157",
  "legislation_title": "Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rates-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Schedule applies to a hereditament if—\n(a) it falls within a prescribed class; and\n(b) it is included in a valuation list ; . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) A class may be prescribed by reference to such factors as the Department thinks fit.\n(3) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (2), a class may be prescribed by reference to one or more of the following factors—\n(a) the physical characteristics of the hereditaments;\n(b) the fact that hereditaments have previously been unoccupied;\n(c) the fact that persons entitled to possession of hereditaments fall within prescribed descriptions.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 NI 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 8A para. 1(1)(a) inserted (10.2.2011) by Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 8), ss. 17, 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 7; S.R. 2011/16, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8A para. 1(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2007) by Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2954 (N.I. 18)), arts. 1(3), 22(2)(a); S.R. 2006/464, art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 1(1)(c) and preceding word repealed (10.2.2011) by virtue of Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 8), ss. 6(2), 18, 19(1), Sch. 2; S.R. 2011/16, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 1(1)(c) and preceding word repealed (10.2.2011) by virtue of Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 8), ss. 6(2), 18, 19(1), Sch. 2; S.R. 2011/16, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 1(4) repealed (10.2.2011) by Rates (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 8), ss. 6(2), 18, 19(1), Sch. 2; S.R. 2011/16, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/2157/schedule/8A/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:19.076889+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."
}