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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Export of Radioactive Sources (Control) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st October 2006.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“the Act” means the Export Control Act 2002;
“ the Commissioners ” means the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
“controlled radioactive source” means a radionuclide of a description in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order with an activity level of that in the corresponding entry in column 2;
“customs and excise Acts” and “prescribed sum” have the same meanings as in section 1 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 ;
“exportation” means (except where the context otherwise requires) exportation from the United Kingdom to any destination outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man; “exporter” and other cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“in transit” means imported into the United Kingdom for transit or transhipment; “transit or transhipment” means transit through the United Kingdom or transhipment with a view to re-exportation of the controlled radioactive sources in question.
Export of controlled radioactive sources
3
1
Subject to the provisions of this Order, the exportation of any controlled radioactive source is prohibited.
2
Paragraph 1 does not prohibit the exportation of any controlled radioactive source in relation to which a licence in writing has been granted by the Secretary of State, provided that all conditions attaching to the licence are complied with.
Transit exception to export control
4
1
Article 3(1) does not prohibit the exportation of any controlled radioactive source which is in transit provided that the conditions in paragraph 2 are met.
2
The conditions are that —
a
the controlled radioactive source remains on board a vessel or aircraft for the entire period that it remains in the United Kingdom or is on a through bill of lading or through air waybill and in any event is exported within 30 days of its importation;
b
the controlled radioactive source was exported from the country from which it was originally exported in accordance with the laws or regulations relating to the exportation of goods applying therein at the time of the exportation of that source; and either
i
the controlled radioactive source is being returned to the country from which it was originally exported; or
ii
where it is not being returned to the country from which it was originally exported,
aa
the destination of that controlled radioactive source following exportation from the United Kingdom has been determined in the country from which it was originally exported prior to its original exportation;
bb
the destination was determined in connection with the transaction which has given rise to transit or transhipment; and
cc
the destination has not been changed prior to its exportation from the United Kingdom.
Licences
5
1
A licence granted by the Secretary of State under this Order, may be —
a
either general or individual,
b
limited so as to expire on a specified date unless renewed, and
c
subject to, or without, conditions and any condition may require any act or omission before or after the doing of the act authorised under that licence.
2
A licence granted under this Order may be amended, suspended or revoked by the Secretary of State at any time and in such circumstances and on such terms as he thinks fit by serving notice to that effect on the holder of the licence.
3
For the purposes of article 3(2) of this Order, the exportation of a controlled radioactive source to any destination outside the European Community shall be regarded as being under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State to, or for the benefit of, a particular person only if —
a
he is the person on whose behalf the exportation declaration is made; and
b
he is established within the European Community and either —
i
he is the owner of the controlled radioactive source or has a similar right of disposal over it; or
ii
if no person who is the owner of the controlled radioactive source or has a similar right of disposal over it, is established within the European Community,
aa
he is a party to one or more contracts under which ownership of it or a similar right of disposal over it has passed to a person not established within the European Community; and
bb
the controlled radioactive source is to be, is being or has been exported from the European Community pursuant to that contract or contracts.
Registration with Secretary of State
6
1
No later than 30 days after a person first does any act under the authority of any general licence granted by the Secretary of State that does not provide otherwise, that person shall give to the Secretary of State written notice of his name and the address at which copies of the records referred to in article 7(1) of this Order may be inspected.
2
A person who has given to the Secretary of State written notice of particulars under paragraph (1) shall, not later than 30 days after any change in those particulars, give to the Secretary of State written notice of the changed particulars.
Record keeping and inspection
7
1
A person acting under the authority of any general licence granted under this Order shall keep registers or records.
2
The registers or records shall contain sufficient detail as may be necessary to allow the following information, where appropriate, to be identified —
a
a description of the controlled radioactive source that has been exported;
b
the date of the exportation;
c
the quantity of the controlled radioactive source;
d
the name and address of the person referred to in paragraph (1);
e
the name and address of any consignee of the controlled radioactive source;
f
in so far as it is known to the person referred to in paragraph (1) the name and address of the end-user of the controlled radioactive source; and
g
any further information required to be kept by virtue of the licence.
3
The register or records referred to in paragraph (1) shall be kept for at least 3 years from the end of the calendar year in which the authorised act took place and the person referred to in paragraph (1) shall permit any such registers or records to be inspected and copied by any person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners.
4
A person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners shall have the right, on producing, if required to do so, a duly authenticated document showing his authority, at any reasonable hour to enter for the purpose of paragraph (3), the premises of the address which has most recently been notified to the Secretary of State under article 6.
5
Where the registers or records required to be maintained under this article are kept in a form which is not legible the exporter shall at the request of the person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners, reproduce such registers or records in a legible form.
Licence refusals etc. and appeals
8
1
If the Secretary of State decides not to grant a licence under this Order he shall provide the person who has applied for a licence with a written notification setting out the reason or reasons for the decision.
2
If the Secretary of State decides to suspend a licence that has been granted under this Order, he shall provide the licence holder with a written notification setting out the terms of the suspension and the reason or reasons for the decision.
3
If the Secretary of State decides to revoke a licence that has been granted under this Order, he shall provide the licence holder with a written notification setting out the reason or reasons for the decision.
4
A person who has a licence application refused under this Order or who has a licence suspended or revoked under article 5 of this Order may not later than 28 days beginning with the date of the written notification submit an appeal in writing to the Secretary of State.
5
An appeal submitted under paragraph (4) shall specify the grounds on which that appeal is made and may provide further information or arguments in support of the appeal.
6
Pending determination of an appeal submitted under paragraph (4), any decision taken by the Secretary of State shall continue to have effect.
Misleading applications for licences
9
1
Where for the purpose of obtaining any licence under this Order a person either —
a
makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular; or
b
recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
2
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable —
a
on summary conviction to a fine of the prescribed sum; or
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both,
and any licence which may have been granted by the Secretary of State in connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information was furnished, shall be void as from the time it was granted.
Failure to comply with licence conditions
10
1
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), a person who —
a
has done any act under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State under this Order; and
b
fails to comply with —
i
any conditions attaching to that licence;
ii
any obligation under article 6; or
iii
any obligation under article 7,
shall be guilty of an offence.
2
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable —
a
on summary conviction to a fine of the prescribed sum; and
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both.
3
No person shall be guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) where in the case of a licence —
a
the condition in question has been modified by the Secretary of State;
b
the alleged failure to comply would not have been a failure had the licence not been so modified; and
c
the condition was modified after the doing of the act authorised by the licence.
Customs powers to require evidence of destination
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1
Any person who exports any controlled radioactive source, shall, if so required by the Commissioners, provide within such time as the Commissioners may determine evidence of the destination to which the controlled radioactive source was delivered and, if he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence.
2
Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
Application of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979
12
1
It shall be the duty of the Commissioners to take such action as they consider appropriate to secure the enforcement of the provisions of this Order described in paragraph (2).
2
The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are articles 3, 9, 10 and 11 and article 7 insofar as the obligation relates to the powers of the Commissioners.
3
For the purposes of this Order, offences other than those in respect of which a duty is imposed upon the Commissioners by virtue of paragraph (2) shall not be offences under the customs and excise Acts for the purposes of section 145 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
4
In the case of any person who is guilty of any offence related to any prohibition or restriction in article 3 of this Order sections 68(3)(b) and 170(3)(b) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 shall have effect as if for the words “7 years” there were substituted the words “10 years”.
Use and disclosure of information
13
1
This article applies to information which is held by —
a
the Secretary of State, or
b
the Commissioners,
in connection with the operation of the control imposed by this Order.
2
Information to which this article applies may be used for the purposes of, or for any purposes connected with —
a
any other order made under the Act;
b
giving effect to any European Community or other international obligation of the United Kingdom;
c
facilitating the exercise by an authority or international organisation outside the United Kingdom of functions which correspond to functions conferred by or in connection with any activity subject to control by this Order or any other order made under the Act;
and may be disclosed to any person for use for these purposes.
3
No disclosure of information shall be made by virtue of this article unless the making of the disclosure is proportionate to the object of the disclosure.
4
For the purposes of this article “information” is any information that relates to a particular business or other activity carried on by a person and includes information obtained before the commencement of this Order.
5
Nothing in this article shall be taken to affect any power to disclose information that exists apart from this article.
Service of notices
14
Any notice to be given to the Secretary of State by a person under this Order may be given by an agent of his and shall be sent by post or delivered to the Secretary of State.
Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State for Energy
Department of Trade and Industry
7th July 2006


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jurisdiction: UK

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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2006 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2
In this Order–
“the 1998 Act ” means the Scotland Act 1998; and
“the Veterinary Medicines Regulations ” means the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005 .
3
Any reference in this Order to a provision of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations is a reference to that provision as it had effect on the date that it came into force.
Transfer of functions to the Scottish Ministers
2
The functions which are conferred on a Minister of the Crown by the enactments specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall–
a
so far as they are exercisable by that Minister in or as regards Scotland; and
b
subject to any restriction or requirement in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Schedule,
be exercisable by the Scottish Ministers instead of by the Minister of the Crown.
Functions shared by the Scottish Ministers and a Minister of the Crown
3
1
Subject to the restriction specified in paragraph (2), the functions conferred on a Minister of the Crown by–
a
section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 ;
b
the European Communities (Designation) Order 1972 ;
c
the European Communities (Designation) (No.2) Order 1991 ;
d
the European Communities (Designation) ( No. 2) Order 1999 ; and
e
the European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2003 ,
shall, so far as they are exercisable by him in or as regards Scotland, be exercisable by the Scottish Ministers concurrently with the Minister of the Crown.
2
The functions referred to in paragraph (1) are so exercisable only so far as they are exercisable in relation to–
a
animal feeding stuffs, intended to be used for oral feeding to animals, which are not veterinary medicinal products as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations; or
b
any feed additive to which Regulation ( EC ) No. 1831/2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition applies which is not a specified feed additive as defined by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations.
General modifications of enactments
4
1
Sections 117 and 118 (general modification of enactments) of the 1998 Act shall apply in relation to the exercise of functions by the Scottish Ministers by virtue of article 2 or 3 of this Order as they apply in relation to the exercise of functions by the Scottish Ministers within devolved competence.
2
In the application of those sections by virtue of this article, any reference in them to a pre commencement enactment is to be read as if it were a reference to any enactment.
Transitional and saving provisions
5
1
The transfer, by virtue of this Order, of any function exercisable by a Minister of the Crown to the Scottish Ministers shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown before the date on which the transfer takes effect.
2
Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the time when that transfer takes effect, is in the process of being done by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown may, so far as it relates to any function transferred, be continued by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers.
3
Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown for the purposes of or in connection with any function transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of this Order shall, if in force at the time when that transfer takes effect, have effect as if done by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers in so far as that is required for continuing its effect after that time.
4
Despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers of functions by virtue of this Order, any function of a Minister of the Crown in relation to any matter shall continue to be exercisable by him as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Kingston upon Hull) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 10 July 2006.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“the 1984 Act ” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ;
“the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and
“the parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by article 4 of this Order.
Application
3
This Order applies to the whole of the City of Kingston upon Hull except —
a
the entire length of the A63(T) within the city, including its on and off slip roads; and
b
the length of the A1033(T) from its junction with the A63(T) to the eastern city boundary including its on and off slip roads.
Designation of permitted parking area and special parking area
4
The Secretary of State hereby designates the area to which this Order applies as —
a
a permitted parking area; and
b
a special parking area.
Modification and application of Part II of the 1991 Act
5
Sections 66, 69 to 74, 78, 79 and 82 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1991 Act, shall apply in relation to the parking area and as so applied shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
Modification of other provisions
6
The 1984 Act shall be modified in relation to the parking area as specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
G Merron
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
13th June 2006


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Citation, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 7th June 2006.
2
These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990
2
1
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 are amended as follows.
2
After regulation 5A (publicity for applications affecting setting of listed buildings) insert —
Advertisement of applications for urgent works relating to Crown development
5B
1
Subject to paragraph (2), where an application under section 82B(2) (urgent works relating to Crown development) of the Act is made to the Secretary of State in respect of any building the Secretary of State shall —
a
publish in a local newspaper circulating in the locality in which the building is situated a notice indicating the nature of the works which are the subject of the application and —
i
naming a place within the locality where a copy of the application, and of all plans and other documents submitted with it, will be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable hours during the period of 21 days beginning with the date of publication of the notice; and
ii
stating the address of the website where a copy of the application, and of all plans and other documents submitted with it, will be open to inspection by the public during the period of 21 days beginning with the date of publication of the notice, and the place on the website where such documents may be accessed, and how they may be accessed; and
b
for not less than 7 days display on or near the said building a notice containing the same particulars as are required to be contained in the notice to be published in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).
2
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any application for listed building consent to carry out works affecting only the interior of a building which, when last notified to the authority by the Secretary of State as a building of special architectural or historic interest, was classified as a Grade II (unstarred) listed building.
.
Amendment of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1992
3
1
The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1992 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 14 (claim for deemed consent) in paragraph (1), after “section 11” insert “or 30B”.
3
In regulation 15 (conditions on deemed consent), after “section 11(7)(b)” insert “and section 30B(8)(b)”.
4
In Schedule 2 (prescribed forms, notices and certificates) in Form 8 —
a
in the heading, after “Section 11” add “and 30B”;
b
in the notes to Part 2, at the end of note (c) insert “or, in the case of applications for deemed consent under section 30B, June 7, 2006”; and
c
in the note to Part 5, after “section 11(7)” insert “, or section 30B(8) as the case may be”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Kay Andrews
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
10th May 2006


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Title, commencement and application
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st February 2006.
2
This Order applies in England only.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“affected animal” means —
in relation to brucellosis, a bovine animal which is affected with brucellosis;
in relation to tuberculosis, a cow which is affected with tuberculosis of the udder or is giving tuberculosis milk, or a bovine animal which is affected with tuberculosis emaciation, or is excreting or discharging tuberculosis material, or is affected with a chronic cough or shows any other clinical signs of tuberculosis;
in relation to enzootic bovine leukosis, a bovine animal that is affected with enzootic bovine leukosis or is infected with the bovine leukosis virus;
“average market price” means —
in respect of a non-pedigree bovine category, for any given month, a price calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;
in respect of a pedigree bovine category, for any given month, a price calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;
“bovine animal” means any domestic cattle of the genus Bos , buffalo or bison;
“bovine category” means a category of bovine animal of the genus Bos set out in the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
“brucellosis” means infection with Brucella abortus , otherwise known as contagious abortion;
“cattle passport” has the same meaning as in the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 ;
“market value” in relation to a bovine animal slaughtered for brucellosis, tuberculosis or enzootic bovine leukosis means the price which may reasonably have been obtained for it at the time of valuation from a purchaser in the open market if the animal was not an affected animal or a suspected animal;
“non-pedigree animal” means a bovine animal of the genus Bos which has not been issued with a pedigree certificate by a recognised breed society, or an animal for which, by the day of the assessment of the category into which the animal falls, the pedigree certificate has not been presented to the Secretary of State or an agent acting on her behalf;
“non-pedigree bovine category” means a bovine category consisting of non-pedigree animals;
“pedigree animal” means a bovine animal of the genus Bos in respect of which a pedigree certificate has been issued by a recognised breed society and presented to the Secretary of State or an agent acting on her behalf by the day of the assessment of the category into which the animal falls;
“pedigree bovine category” means a bovine category consisting of pedigree animals;
“reactor” means, in relation to tuberculosis or brucellosis, a bovine animal which gives rise to a reaction to a relevant test which is consistent with its being affected with tuberculosis or brucellosis.
“recognised breed society” means a breeders' organisation or association which fulfils the conditions of Council Decision 84/247/ EEC laying down the criteria for the recognition of breeders' organisations and associations which maintain or establish herd-books for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species ;
“relevant test” means a skin test or other diagnostic test for tuberculosis or brucellosis;
“skin test” means the single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test for tuberculosis;
“suspected animal” means —
in relation to brucellosis or tuberculosis, a bovine animal which is suspected of being infected with tuberculosis or brucellosis and includes a reactor; and
in relation to Enzootic Bovine Leukosis, the same as in the Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (England) Order 2000 ; and
“tuberculosis” means infection with Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis) .
Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for brucellosis, tuberculosis or enzootic bovine leukosis
3
1
Subject to article 6, where the Secretary of State causes a bovine animal to be slaughtered under the powers conferred by section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to —
a
brucellosis,
b
tuberculosis, or
c
enzootic bovine leukosis,
compensation is payable in relation to those animals which are identified by means of eartags and a cattle passport in accordance with the requirements of the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 and shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this article.
2
The compensation payable by the Secretary of State in respect of buffalo or bison shall be at the level of its market value as ascertained under the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2005 .
3
Subject to paragraph (7), the compensation payable in respect of a bovine animal of the genus Bos shall be at the level of the average market price for the bovine category into which that animal falls at the relevant date.
4
The Secretary of State shall determine the bovine category into which a bovine animal of the genus Bos falls at the relevant date and, for the purposes of that determination, the date of birth of that animal shall be as shown on its cattle passport and the age of the animal shall be calculated accordingly.
5
For the purposes of this article, the relevant date means —
a
in respect of animals slaughtered for brucellosis or enzootic bovine leukosis, the date on which a notice requiring the slaughter of the animal is served pursuant to article 19 of the Brucellosis (England) Order 2000 or article 12 of the Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (England) Order 2000 respectively;
b
in respect of affected animals or suspected animals slaughtered for tuberculosis —
i
the date on which a positive or inconclusive skin test for that animal is read;
ii
where the skin test is negative, or no skin test has been carried out, the date on which a clinical sample is taken from that animal for the purposes of any other relevant test; or
iii
where no other relevant test has been carried out, but the animal has been slaughtered because it has been exposed to infection as a result of contact with, or close proximity to, an affected or suspected animal, the same date as the relevant date for that affected or suspected animal.
6
The Secretary of State may appoint an agent to act on her behalf for the purposes of the determination referred to in paragraph (4).
7
In any case where, in accordance with paragraph 1(3) or paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 1, the Secretary of State considers that sales price data for any particular bovine category in any given month are inadequate, or such data are unavailable, she may opt to pay compensation at the level of the market value of the animal in question, as ascertained under the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2005.
Amendment to the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2005
4
In article 2 of the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2005, for “2005” substitute “2006”.
Revocation
5
The Orders set out in Schedule 2 are revoked to the extent specified in that Schedule.
Savings
6
1
In relation to any bovine animal for which compensation has been calculated under the provisions of the Orders referred to in article 4 prior to 1st February 2006, that calculation shall continue to apply.
2
The provisions of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Compensation Order 1978 relating to tuberculosis shall continue to apply to any bovine animal that is slaughtered for tuberculosis —
a
following a notice served before 1st February 2006 under article 10 of the Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984 ;
b
as a result of a positive or inconclusive skin test read before 1st February 2006; or
c
as a result of any other relevant test for tuberculosis, the clinical sample for which was taken before 1st February 2006.
Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
24th January 2006
We approve
Dave Watts
Vernon Coaker
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
26th January 2006


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Citation and commencement
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 31st March 2006.
Amendment of the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2003
2
The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2003 are amended as follows.
Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Matters to be contained in rate demand notices)
3
1
In paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, for “Explanatory notes in the following terms” substitute “Subject to paragraph 7, explanatory notes in the following terms”.
2
In the explanatory notes in that paragraph, for the text beginning with the heading “Former Agricultural Premises Relief” substitute —
Former Agricultural Premises Relief
Certain businesses set up on agricultural land or buildings that were previously exempt from the Non-Domestic Rate may be entitled to 50% relief until 14th August 2006 if the property is occupied and the rateable value less than £7,000. The local authority also has discretion to give further relief on the remaining bill. Full details can be obtained from the local authority.
.
3
After paragraph 6, insert —
7
The paragraph beginning with the heading “Former Agricultural Premises Relief” shall be omitted from all rate demand notices issued after 30th March 2007.
.
Part 3 of Schedule 2
4
1
In paragraph 3 of Part 3 of Schedule 2, for “Explanatory notes in the following terms” substitute “Subject to paragraph 4, explanatory notes in the following terms”.
2
In the explanatory notes in that paragraph, for the text beginning with the heading “Former Agricultural Premises Relief” substitute —
Former Agricultural Premises Relief
Certain businesses set up on agricultural land or buildings that were previously exempt from the Non-Domestic Rate may be entitled to 50% relief until 14th August 2006 if the property is occupied and the rateable value less than £7,000. The local authority also has discretion to give further relief on the remaining bill. Full details can be obtained from the local authority.
.
3
After paragraph 3, insert —
4
The paragraph beginning with the heading “Former Agricultural Premises Relief” shall be omitted from all rate demand notices issued after 30th March 2007.
.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Phil Woolas
Minister of State
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
27th February 2006