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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Central Rating Lists Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 30th December 1994.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1989 Regulations” means the Central Rating Lists Regulations 1989; and
 “designated person” in relation to a central non-domestic rating list compiled on or after 1st April 1995 means a person designated by regulation 5(1) of these Regulations and in relation to a central non-domestic rating list compiled on 1st April 1990 means a person designated by regulation 2 of the 1989 Regulations.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a hereditament is to a relevant non- domestic hereditament.
(4) Any reference in these Regulations to a designated person by name is a reference to the company or body registered by or bearing that name at the date that name is entered in the central non-domestic rating list for England or for Wales, as the case may be.
(5) Any term used in the Schedule to these Regulations or any Part of the Schedule has the meaning ascribed in that Schedule or that Part.
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(1) Other than regulations 3 and 4, these Regulations shall have effect with respect to any central non-domestic rating list compiled on or after 1st April 1995.
(2) Regulations 3 and 4 shall have effect with respect to the central non-domestic rating list for England compiled on 1st April 1990.
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With effect from 31st March 1994—
(a) the designated person in respect of the description of hereditaments prescribed by regulation 2 of the 1989 Regulations in relation to East Anglian Water Company shall be Essex Water Company;
(b) the designated person in respect of the descriptions of hereditaments prescribed by regulation 2 of the 1989 Regulations in relation to Colne Valley Water Company and Rickmansworth Water Company shall be Lee Valley Water Company; and
(c) Part 6 (Water Supply Hereditaments) of the Schedule to the 1989 Regulations shall be amended in the column headed “Designated person” under the heading “II.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND” by the deletion of “Colne Valley Water Company”, “East Anglian Water Company” and “Rickmansworth Water Company”.
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With effect from 1st July 1994—
(a) the designated person in respect of the descriptions of hereditaments prescribed by regulation 2 of the 1989 Regulations in relation to Bournemouth and District Water Company and West Hampshire Water Company shall be Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water Plc; and
(b) Part 6 (Water Supply Hereditaments) of the Schedule to the 1989 Regulations shall be amended in the column headed “Designated person” under the heading “II.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND” by the deletion of Bournemouth and District Water Company and West Hampshire Water Company.
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(1) For the purposes of section 53(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988—
(a) there are hereby designated the persons named in the Schedule; and
(b) there is hereby prescribed in relation to each such person the description of hereditament set out opposite the name of that person in the Schedule.
(2) Regulation 6 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1989 (cross-boundary hereditaments) shall not apply to any hereditament falling within any description in the Schedule.
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(1) The central non-domestic rating list for England must show, for each day in each year for which that list is in force—
(a) the name of each person designated by regulation 5; and
(b) against each name, each hereditament situated in England which on the day concerned is occupied (or, if unoccupied, owned) by that person, and which falls within the description prescribed in relation to that person by that regulation.
(2) The central non-domestic rating list for Wales must show, for each day in each year for which that list is in force—
(a) the name of each person designated by regulation 5 and named in Part 1 or 3 of the Schedule, under the heading I of Part 2, 6 or 7 or under the heading II of Part 4 or 5, and
(b) against each name, each hereditament situated in Wales which on the day concerned is occupied (or, if unoccupied, owned) by that person, and which falls within the description prescribed in relation to that person by that regulation.
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(1) Each central list shall also show, against the name of each designated person—
(a) where the person is a registered company, its registered office, and in any other case the person’s principal place of business within the United Kingdom;
(b) where the person is a registered company, its registered number; and
(c) the first day, if later than 1st April 1995, for which the rateable value shown in the list against the name of the designated person has effect.
(2) Each central list shall also show, where the list has been altered in pursuance of a direction by a tribunal, the name of the tribunal which gave the direction.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), there are hereby revoked with effect from 1st April 1995 the following—
(a) the Central Rating Lists Regulations 1989;
(b) the Central Rating Lists (Amendment) Regulations 1990;
(c) the Central Rating Lists (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990;
(d) regulation 3 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Central Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 1991;
(e) the Central Rating Lists (Amendment) Regulations 1993; and
(f) regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations.
(2) Without prejudice to section 16(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978, the provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect on and after 1st April 1995 for the purposes of or for purposes connected with—
(a) any alteration of a list in force immediately before 1st April 1995; or
(b) any provision made by regulations made under section 58 of the 1988 Act (special provision for 1995 onwards) as to the chargeable amount as regards a hereditament for a relevant period as defined in that section.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
5th December 1994Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, for Wales
7th December 1994
SCHEDULE
Regulation 5
PART 1

Designated person Relevant hereditaments
The British Waterways Board The hereditament situated in England described in regulation 5(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994The hereditament situated in Wales described in regulation 5(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
PART 2

Designated person Relevant hereditaments
I.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LISTS FOR BOTH ENGLAND AND WALES
National Power PLCPowerGen plcNuclear Electric plc Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the generation of electrical power, or for ancillary purposes
The National Grid Company plc Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the transformation or transmission of electrical power, or for ancillary purposes
Manweb plcMidlands Electricity plcSouth Wales Electricity plc Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the functions of a public electricity supplier, or for ancillary purposes
II.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND
Eastern Group plcEast Midlands Electricity plcLondon Electricity plcNorthern Electric plcNORWEB plcScottish Power plcSEEBOARD plcSouthern Electric plcSouth Western Electricity plcYorkshire Electricity Group plc Hereditaments (other than excepted heredita— ments) wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the functions of a public electricity supplier, or for ancillary purposes
In this Part—
 “excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising premises used wholly or mainly—
(a) as a shop or other place for the sale, display or demonstration of apparatus or accessories for use by consumers of electricity (any use for the receipt of payments for the use of electricity being disregarded);
(b) as office premises of a designated person, where those premises are not situated on operational land of that person; or
(c) for both of the foregoing purposes; or
(d) for the generation of electricity primarily by means of wind or tidal power; and
 “public electricity supplier” has the same meaning as in section 6(9) of the Electricity Act 1989.
PART 3

Designated person Relevant hereditaments
British Gas plc Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly—
(a) for the purposes of British Gas plc acting as a public gas supplier; or
(b) for the purposes of the supply, installation or maintenance of gas appliances, or for ancillary purposes; or
(c) for more than one of the foregoing purposes
In this Part—
 “excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising premises used wholly or mainly—
(a) for the manufacture of plant or gas fittings;
(b) as a shop or other place for the sale, display or demonstration of apparatus or accessories for use by consumers of gas (any use for the receipt of payments for the use of gas being disregarded);
(c) as office premises, where those premises are not situated on operational land of British Gas plc; or
(d) for more than one of the foregoing purposes; and
 “public gas supplier” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Gas Act 1986.
PART 4

Designated person Relevant hereditaments
I.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND
The British Railways Board The hereditament situated in England described in regulation 3(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
Railtrack PLC The hereditament situated in England described in regulation 3(3) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
Docklands Light Railway Limited The hereditament described in regulation 3(5) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive The hereditament described in regulation 3(6) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
London Underground Limited Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the parts of London Underground Limited’s undertaking which are concerned with the carriage of goods or passengers by rail, or for purposes ancillary to those purposes (including the purpose of exhibiting advertisements)
II.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR WALES
The British Railways Board The hereditament situated in Wales described in regulation 3(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
Railtrack PLC The hereditament situated in Wales described in regulation 3(3) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
In this Part, “excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising—
(a) premises used as a shop, hotel, museum or place of public refreshment;
(b) premises used wholly or mainly as office premises occupied by London Underground Limited which are not situated on operational land of that person or of another person designated by virtue of this Part;
(c) premises or rights so let out as to be capable of separate assessment;
(d) premises (other than premises used in connection with the collection and delivery of parcels, goods or merchandise conveyed or to be conveyed by rail) used wholly or in part for purposes concerned with the carriage of goods or passengers by road transport or sea transport or with harbours, or for purposes incidental to such purposes.
PART 5

Designated person Relevant hereditaments
I. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND
British Telecommunications plc The hereditament situated in England described in regulation 4(1) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
Mercury Communications Limited The hereditament situated in England described in regulation 4(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
BR Telecommunications Limited The hereditament situated in England described in regulation 4(3) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
Energis Communications Limited The hereditament situated in England described in regulation 4(4) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
AT& T (UK) Limited The hereditament situated in England described in regulation 4(5) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
II.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR WALES
British Telecommunications plc The hereditament situated in Wales described in regulation 4(1) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
Mercury Communications Limited The hereditament situated in Wales described in regulation 4(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
BR Telecommunications Limited The hereditament situated in Wales described in regulation 4(3) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
Energis Communications Limited The hereditament situated in Wales described in regulation 4(4) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
AT& T (UK) Limited The hereditament situated in Wales described in regulation 4(5) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Railways, Telecommunications and Canals) Regulations 1994
PART 6

Designated person Relevant hereditaments
I. PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LISTS FOR BOTH ENGLAND AND WALES
Chester Waterworks CompanyDŵr Cymru CyfyngedigNorth West Water LimitedSevern Trent Water LimitedWrexham Water plc Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a water undertaker under Part III of the Water Industry Act 1991, or for ancillary purposes
II.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND
Anglian Water Services LimitedBournemouth and West Hampshire Water PlcBristol Water plcThe Cambridge Water CompanyCholderton and District Water Company LimitedEastbourne Water plcEast Surrey Water plcEssex and Suffolk Water plcFolkestone and Dover Water Services LimitedHartlepools Water CompanyMid Kent Water plcMid Southern Water plcMid Sussex Water plcNorth East Water plcNorth Surrey Water LimitedNorthumbrian Water LimitedNorth West Water LimitedPortsmouth Water plcSouthern Water Services LtdSouth Staffordshire Water PLCSouth West Water Services LimitedThe Sutton District Water PlcTendring Hundred Water Services LimitedThames Water Utilities LimitedThree Valleys Water PLCWessex Water Services LimitedWest Kent Water plcYorkshire Water Services LimitedThe York Waterworks Plc Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a water undertaker under Part III of the Water Industry Act 1991, or for ancillary purposes
In this Part, “excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising premises used wholly or mainly—
(a) for the manufacture, storage, sale, display or demonstration of apparatus or accessories for use by consumers of water (any use for the receipt of payments for the use of water or sewerage services being disregarded); or
(b) as office premises occupied by a designated person, where those premises are not situated on operational land of that person; or
(c) for both of the foregoing purposes.
PART 7

Designated person Relevant hereditaments
I.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LISTS FOR BOTH ENGLAND AND WALES
Mainline Pipelines Limited Cross-country pipe-lines (within the meaning of the Pipe-lines Act 1962) situated within the area of more than one billing authority
II.PROVISION IN THE CENTRAL RATING LIST FOR ENGLAND
Barking Power LimitedThe BOC Group plcBP Chemicals LimitedBP Oil UK LimitedBP Exploration Operating Company LimitedConoco Limited Conoco (UK) LimitedEsso Petroleum Company, LimitedEsso UK plcFina plcICI Chemicals and Polymers LimitedKelt U.K. LimitedKinetica LimitedManchester Jetline LimitedNorth West Water LimitedThe Rugby Group plcShell Chemicals U.K. LimitedShell U.K. LimitedUnited Kingdom Oil Pipelines LimitedWalton—Gatwick Pipeline Company Limited Cross-country pipe-lines (within the meaning of the Pipe-lines Act 1962) situated within the area of more than one billingauthority
PART 8
In this Schedule—
 “office premises” means any hereditament constructed or adapted as offices or for office purposes, or used wholly or mainly for such purposes;
 “office purposes” includes the purposes of administration and clerical work and handling money; and “clerical work” includes writing, book-keeping, typing, filing, duplicating, sorting papers or information or calculating (whether by manual, mechanical or electronic means), drawing, and the editorial preparation of matter for publication;
 “operational land”, in relation to a designated person, means land which is used for the purposes of carrying on that person’s undertaking, not being land which, in respect of its nature and situation, is comparable rather with land in general than with land which is used for the purposes of carrying on of statutory undertakings (within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990);and any reference to hereditaments used for any purpose includes a reference to hereditaments which are unused but in relation to which it appears that when next in use they will be used for such a purpose. 
