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General Rate Act 1967

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2No rates shall be payable under paragraph 1 of this Schedule in respect of a hereditament for, or for any part of the three months beginning with the day following the end of, any period during which—

(a)the owner is prohibited by law from occupying the hereditament or allowing it to be occupied ;

(b)the hereditament is kept vacant by reason of action taken by or on behalf of the Crown or any local or public authority with a view to prohibiting the occupation of the hereditament or to acquiring it;

(c)the hereditament is the subject of a building preservation order under section 30 of the [1962 c. 38.] Town and Country Planning Act 1962, or is included in a list compiled or approved under section 32 of that Act, or is notified to the rating authority by the Minister as a building of architectural or historic interest;

(d)the hereditament is the subject of a preservation order or an interim preservation notice under the Ancient Monuments Acts 1913 to 1953, or is included in a list published by the Minister of Public Building and Works under those Acts ;

(e)an agreement is in force with respect to the hereditament under section 56(1)(a) of this Act; or

(f)the hereditament is held for the purpose of being available for occupation by a minister of religion as a residence from which to perform the duties of his office.

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