(1) This Order may be cited as the Railtrack plc (Rateable Value) (Wales) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(2) This Order applies only to Wales.
SourceS.I. 2000/555 (W.)
The Railtrack plc (Rateable Value) (Wales) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/555 (W.))
Under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, the National Assembly for Wales may by order provide that non-domestic hereditaments of a description shown in a central rating list are not to be valued for non-domestic rating on the basis set out in paragraphs 2 to 2C of that Schedule (that is to say, by reference to the rent a hypothetical tenant would pay for a hereditament on an annual basis), but that their rateable values shall be such as are specified in the order or determined in accordance with prescribed rules.
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In this Order β
βthe Actβ (β y Ddeddf β) means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;
βthe Central List Regulationsβ (β y Rheoliadau Rhestr Ganolog β) means the Central Rating List (Wales) Regulations 1999 ;
βcentral listβ (β rhestr ganolog β) means the central non-domestic rating list for Wales compiled on ... 1st April 2000;
βestimated relevant track lengthβ (β amcangyfrif o hyd y trac perthnasol β), means the length of track, expressed in kilometres, estimated to be comprised in the railways of Railtrack;
βRailtrackβ (β Railtrack β) means Railtrack plc;
βrelevant hereditamentβ (β hereditament perthnasol β) means the hereditament described in Part 4 of the Schedule to the Central List Regulations;
βrelevant yearβ (β blwyddyn berthnasol β) means any year for which a rateable value is to be determined in accordance with this Order;
βrelevant preceding yearβ (β blwyddyn flaenorol berthnasol β) means the year preceding a relevant year;
βtrackβ (β trac β) has the meaning given by section 83 of the Railways Act 1993 ; and
βyearβ (β blwyddyn β) means a chargeable financial year.
Where (apart from this article) any rateable value determined under this Order would include a fraction of a pound β
(a) if the fraction would exceed 50p it shall be made up to one pound;
(b) if the fraction would be 50p or less it shall be ignored.
In the case of the relevant hereditament, paragraphs 2 to 2C of Schedule 6 to the Act shall not apply in any year for which the central list is in force, and the rateable value of that hereditament in any such year β
(a) in the year beginning on 1st April 2000 shall be Β£6,240,000 and
(b) in any other year beginning on or after 1 April 2001 shall be the amount produced by applying the rules prescribed in Article 5.
(1) In any year for which the central list is in force beginning on or after 1st April 2001, the rateable value of the relevant hereditament shall be the amount produced by adding Β£6,240,000 and the recalculation factor calculated under this Article.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), this paragraph applies for the purposes of calculating the recalculation factor where in relation to a relevant year the amount produced by calculating in relation to the relevant hereditament in accordance with the formula β
is 0.05, β0.05 or any number between those numbers.
(3) The recalculation factor in relation to a relevant year in respect of which paragraph (2) applies is 0.
(4) In relation to a relevant year β
(a) in respect of which the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) is greater than 0.05 or less than β0.05, or
(b) in respect of which paragraph (2) does not apply in respect of the relevant preceding year,
the recalculation factor is the amount produced by calculating in accordance with the formula β
(5) For the purposes of this article β
T has the value Β£6,240,000;
K is the estimated relevant track length as at 31st March 2000;
k is the estimated relevant track length as at 31st March in the relevant preceding year.
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following are hereby revoked with effect from 1st April 2000 β
(a) the Railways (Rateable Values) Order 1994 ;
(b) the Railways (Rateable Values) (Amendment) Order 1999 .
(2) The provisions of the Orders mentioned in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect on and after 1st April 2000 for the purposes of, and for purposes connected with β
(a) any alteration of a central list compiled before 1st April 2000, or
(b) any provision made by regulations under section 58 (special provision for 1995 onwards) of the Act as to the chargeable amount as regards a hereditament for a relevant period prior to 1st April 2000 as defined in that section.
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