
1 
This Order, which extend to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 5th April 2001.
2 
For article 3(1) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1997 there shall be substituted the following:“
3 

(1) The amount prescribed as the maximum amount of the rateable value for the purposes of section 43(6B)(b) (mandatory relief for certain hereditaments) of the 1988 Act shall be—
(a) in the case of a hereditament a part or the whole of which is used as a public house or petrol filling station (as each is defined in article 1(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Houses and Petrol Filling Stations) (England) Order 2001), £9,000:
(b) in the case of any other hereditament, £6,000.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
4th April 2001