Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 502

The Central Rating Lists (Amendment) Regulations 1990

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1990 No. 502

RATING AND VALUATION

The Central Rating Lists (Amendment) Regulations 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 53(1) and (2), 64(3), 140(4), 143(1) and (2) and 146(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988^[1], and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:-

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Central Rating Lists (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

    (2)  Expressions used in these Regulations which are also used in the Central Rating Lists Regulations 1989^[2] ("the principal Regulations") shall have the same meanings as in those Regulations.

Designation of Nuclear Electric plc, etc.
    2.—(1)  For the purposes of section 53(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988-
 (a) Nuclear Electric plc are hereby designated, and
 (b) there are hereby prescribed in relation to Nuclear Electric plc all hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the generation of electrical power or for ancillary purposes.

    (2)  In paragraph (1) "excepted hereditament" has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Schedule to the principal Regulations; and those Regulations shall have effect as if the person designated by paragraph (1)(a) and the hereditaments prescribed by paragraph (1)(b) were included under the heading I in Part 2 of the Schedule, in the columns entitled "Designated persons" and "Relevant hereditaments" respectively.

Exception of tidal-powered electricity generators
    3.    The definition of "excepted hereditament" in Part 2 of the Schedule to the principal Regulations shall be amended by the insertion after the word "wind" of the words "or tidal".

Chris Patten

Secretary of State for the Environment

6th March 1990

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

6th March 1990

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Central Rating Lists Regulations 1989 so that, with a view to the rating en bloc of non-domestic hereditaments occupied by Nuclear Electric plc for the purposes of generating electricity, that company and those hereditaments are shown on the central rating lists for England and for Wales.

Regulation 3 amends the Regulations so that hereditaments occupied for the purposes of generating electricity by means of tidal power are not included on the central rating lists.

[1] 1988 c. 41. Section 53 is amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42). back

[2] S.I. 1989/2263. back