- advertising hereditament
means a hereditament consisting of a right to which section 64(2) of the Act applies;
- advertising right
means a right which is such a hereditament;
- alteration
means alteration of a list in relation to a particular hereditament, and “alter” shall be construed accordingly;
- appeal
means an appeal under— (a) regulation 8 or 13;
- authority
means a billing authority;
- completion notice
means a notice under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4A to the Act as it applies for the purposes of Part 3 of the Act (non-domestic rating), which states the completion day as 1st April 2005 or later;
- effective date
means the day from which the alteration, if made, would have effect in pursuance of this Part;
- electronic communication
has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
- event
means the compilation of the list, a material change of circumstances or an alteration of the list by the valuation officer;
- interested person
means— (a) in relation to a hereditament which forms part of the Crown Estate and is held by the Crown Estate Commissioners under their management within the meaning of section 1 of the Crown Estate Act 1961, the Crown Estate Commissioners, (b) in relation to any other hereditament, (a) the occupier;
- list
means a local non-domestic rating list compiled on or after 1st April 2005;
- proposal
means a proposal for the alteration of a local non-domestic rating list or the central non-domestic rating list;
- proposer
means the person making a proposal;
- qualifying connection
has the meaning given in paragraph (2);
- relevant proceedings
means any proceedings on or in consequence of an appeal, and any proceedings on or in consequence of a reference to arbitration under regulation 38.
- structure
includes a hoarding, frame, post or wall.
- the Act
means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;
- the Alteration and Appeals Regulations
means regulations made under section 55 of the Act;”
- the designated person
means the person designated by regulations under section 53 of the Act in relation to the description of hereditaments which includes the relevant hereditament to which the alteration or proposed alteration relates.
- the relevant day
means the day on which, as the case may be,— (a) the application under paragraph (1) is made;
- valuation tribunal
means the members of a valuation tribunal convened in accordance with Part 5 for the purpose of disposing of an appeal under these Regulations.