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(1) This Order, which extends to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Designation of Rural Areas) (England) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 31st December 2001.
(2) In this Order:
 “the map” means the maps each entitled “Map referred to in the Non-Domestic Rating (Designation of Rural Areas) (England) Order 2001”, of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions; and
 “urban areas” means—
(i) the areas of the local authorities specified in the Schedule to this Order; and
(ii) the areas shown cross-hatched on the map bounded externally by the outer edge of a black line,excluding, in each case, any part or parts of the areas which are designated as rural areas under—
(a) article 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1997;
(b) article 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1998;
(c) article 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (No. 2) Order 1998; or
(d) article 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1999.
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There is designated as a rural area for the purposes of section 42A (rural settlement list) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 all of England outside the urban areas.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
7th December 2001
SCHEDULE
Article 1(2)


 The London borough of Barking
 The London borough of Bexley
 The London borough of Brent
 The London borough of Camden
 City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple
 The London borough of Croydon
 The London borough of Ealing
 The London borough of Greenwich
 The London borough of Hackney
 The London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
 The London borough of Haringey
 The London borough of Harrow
 The London borough of Hounslow
 The London borough of Islington
 The Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea
 The London borough of Lambeth
 The London borough of Lewisham
 The London borough of Merton
 The London borough of Newham
 The London borough of Redbridge
 The London borough of Richmond upon Thames
 The London borough of Southwark
 The London borough of Sutton
 The London borough of Tower Hamlets
 The London borough of Waltham Forest
 The London borough of Wandsworth
 City of Westminster
 The City of Birmingham
 The metropolitan borough of Dudley
 The City of Liverpool
 The City of Manchester
 The metropolitan borough of Sandwell
 The City of Wolverhampton
 The borough of Blackpool
 The City of Bristol
 The City of Derby
 The City of Kingston upon Hull
 The City of Nottingham
 The City of Plymouth
 The City of Portsmouth
 The borough of Reading
 The borough of Slough
 The City of Southampton
 The borough of Southend-on-Sea
 The City of Cambridge
 The borough of Castle Point
 The City of Gloucester
 The borough of Gosport
 The district of Harlow
 The borough of Ipswich
 The City of Lincoln
 The City of Norwich
 The borough of Spelthorne
 The borough of Stevenage
 The borough of Tamworth
 The borough of Watford
 The City of Worcester
 The borough of Worthing
