Category: rates

Gallagher (Valuation Officer) v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – Times Law Reports

Posted August 7th, 2008 in law reports, rates by sally

Gallagher (Valuation Officer) v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

House of Lords

“A Mormon Temple, which was open only to Mormons in good standing, was not a place of public religious worship within the meaning of paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and was thus not exempt from the rating list.”

The Times, 7th August 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007

Posted July 25th, 2007 in legislation, rates by sally

Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 published

Full text of Act

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Statute Law Revision: Rating repeal proposals – Law Commission

Posted June 27th, 2007 in consultations, legislation, rates, statute law revision by sally

“The thirty Acts proposed for repeal in this consultation date mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries and concern local taxation in England at that time. The early rating system was closely linked with the system of providing relief for the poor in each parish. Indeed the English poor-law system remained parish-based until 1930. Changes in the mid-20th century, including the establishment of the welfare state, have made these Acts obsolete.”

Consultation paper

Law Commission, 27th June 2007

Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk