Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2007 No. 72
RATES
The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007
Made
12th February 2007
Coming into operation
1st April 2007
To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000
The Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 31(2) and (6)(1) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(2), makes the following Order.
In accordance with Article 31(6) of that Order it has consulted the Sports Council for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (being an Association which appears to the Department to be representative of district councils):
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007.
Specification of kinds of recreation
2. Recreations of the kinds set out in the Schedule (being recreations which in the opinion of the Department of Finance and Personnel demand an appreciable degree of physical effort) are specified for the purposes of Article 31 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.
Revocation
3.—(1) The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1976(3) is revoked.
(2) The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979(4) is revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 12th February 2007
Brian McClure
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
Article 2
SCHEDULE List of specified recreations
| Aikido | Gliding, Hang/Para | Rackets |
| Angling | Golf | Racquetball |
| Archery | Gymnastics | Rounders |
| Athletics | Handball | Rowing |
| Badminton | Highland Games | Sailing |
| Ballooning | Hockey | Shinty |
| Baseball | Hockey, Ice | Shooting |
| Basketball | Hockey, Roller | Skating, Ice |
| Baton Twirling | Hockey, Skater/Street | Skating, Roller |
| Biathlon | Hockey, Unihoc | Skateboarding |
| Billiards, Snooker and Pool | Horseshoe Pitching | Skiing |
| Bobsleigh | Hovering | Skiing, Jet |
| Boccia | Hurling | Skiing, Water |
| Bowls | Ju Jitsu | Skipping |
| Bowls, Tenpin | Judo | Skittles |
| Boxing | Kabbadi | Snowboarding |
| Camogie | Karate | Softball |
| Camping | Karting | Sport and Physical Recreation for persons with a disability |
| Canoeing | Keep Fit | Squash |
| Caving | Kendo | Stoolball |
| Chinese Martial Arts | Korfball | Sub-aqua |
| Cricket | Lacrosse | Surf Lifesaving |
| Croquet | Life Saving | Surfing |
| Crossbow | Luge | Swimming |
| Cruising | Martial Arts | Taekwondo |
| Curling | Model Aircraft Flying | Tang Soo Do |
| Cycling | Model Power Boating | Tennaquoit |
| Dance, Ballroom | Modern Pentathlon | Tennis, Lawn |
| Dance, Folk | Motor Cycle Sports | Tennis, Real |
| Dance, Movement, Exercise and Fitness | Motor Sports | Tennis, Table |
| Darts | Mountain, Cliff, Cave and Sea Rescue | Triathlon |
| Diving | Mountaineering | Tug of War |
| Dragon Boat Racing | Netball | Volleyball |
| Equestrian, Recreational | Orienteering | Wakeboarding |
| Fencing | Paddle Ball | Walking, Recreational |
| Fives | Parachuting | Weightlifting |
| Flying, Recreational | Parascending | Wild Fowling |
| Football, American | Petanque (Boule) | Wrestling |
| Football, Association | Polo | Wrestling, Arm |
| Football, Australian Rules | Polo, Bicycle | Wrestling, Sombo |
| Football, Gaelic | Polo, Water | Yachting, Sand/Land |
| Football, Rugby League | Power Boarding | Yoga |
| Football, Rugby Union | Quoits | |
| Gliding | Racketball |
Article 31 was substituted by Article 3(1) of the Rates Amendment (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/297 (N.I. 4)) Back [1]
S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28) as amended by the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2954 (N.I. 18)) Back [2]
S.R. 1976 No. 55 Back [3]
S.R. 1979 No. 428 Back [4]