Valuation (Telecommunications, Natural Gas and Water) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

certain hereditaments occupied or owned by British Telecommunications plc. (“ BT ”) and used for telecommunication services; and

unbundled local loops which BT lets or licenses to another person,

shall, for the purposes of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (“the 1977 Order ”), be treated as a single hereditament occupied by BT;

provide that the letting or licensing by BT of a fully unbundled local loop is to be assumed, for the purposes of valuing the single hereditament occupied by BT, to be a matter affecting the physical state or physical enjoyment of the hereditament;

provide that certain hereditaments of any company listed in the Schedule shall, for the purposes of the 1977 Order, be treated as a single hereditament occupied by that company;

make a minor amendment to the Valuation (Water Undertaking) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008; and

revoke the Valuation (Telecommunications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and the Valuation (Natural Gas Undertaking) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004.

An unbundled local loop exists when the copper wire connection between a local telephone exchange and a customer’s premises is let or licensed to an alternative service provider for the provision to a customer of electronic communication services. A fully unbundled loop exists when that copper wire connection is wholly disconnected from BT’s network and connected to an alternative service provider’s network for the provision of all electronic communication services to a customer’s premises.