# Rates (Small Business Hereditament Relief) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

In these Regulations—
“the 1977 Order” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;
“electricity undertaker” means a holder of a licence under Article 10(1) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;
“excepted hereditament” means a hereditament which falls within a class of hereditament described in the Schedule;
“gas undertaker” means a holder of a licence under Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;
“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975
“post office” means a public post office within the meaning of section 42(3) of the Postal Services Act 2000;
“prescribed recreation” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 31(6) of the 1977 Order;
“qualifying hereditament” means a hereditament—
(a)which is, or would fall to be, shown in the NAV list;
(b)which is wholly occupied;
(c)which is not an excepted hereditament; and
(d)no part of which is used as a post office;
“qualifying year” means a year ending before the 1st April 2027 ; and
“statutory undertaker” means persons authorised by any statutory provision to carry on any railway, road transport, water transport, inland navigation or dock undertaking, or a gas undertaker, an electricity undertaker, a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker or the airport operator (within the meaning of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994) of any airport to which Article 25 of that Order applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/4/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rates-small-business-hereditament-relief-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-2
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