Amendments — Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Act 2021

Proposed amendments

21 amendments across 2 provisions

Clause 1 12

Amendment #74605#74605No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

after “zero”, insert “; and where, on a chargeable day, the hereditament consists partly of a changing places facility, the chargeable amount for the chargeable day of the public lavatories shall be separately calculated and the chargeable amount for the chargeable day of the hereditament shall be reduced by the amount calculated in respect of those public lavatories.
For the purposes of this section, a changing places facility refers to accessible public toilets with hoisting facilities and changing benches.”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #74606#74606No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

after “zero”, insert “; and where, on a chargeable day, the hereditament consists partly of public lavatories, the chargeable amount for the chargeable day of the public lavatories shall be separately calculated and the chargeable amount for the chargeable day of the hereditament shall be reduced by the amount calculated in respect of those public lavatories.”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #74607#74607No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

after “lavatories” insert “which are free of charge for anyone to use”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #74608#74608No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

after “day,” insert “the hereditament is a publicly-owned library or community centre or a local authority property that is free of charge to enter and contains a public lavatory that is free of charge for anyone to use, or”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #86814#86814No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

after “lavatories” insert “of a prescribed description”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #87013#87013No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

leave out “or mainly”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #87014#87014No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

at end insert—
In this section, “public lavatories” are lavatories which are available for unrestricted use by members of the public—

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Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #87015#87015No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

at end insert—
For the purposes of subsection (4I) a self-contained public lavatories facility which forms part of a larger hereditament and which may be accessed independently from outside that hereditament forms a separate hereditament.”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #87016#87016No decisionAmends text

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at end insert—
Subsection (4I) does not provide any relief from non-domestic rates under the Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007.”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #87017#87017No decisionAmends text

Amendment text

at end insert—
In subsection (4I), “mainly” is to be construed according to an assessment by the rating authority of the balance of use by the public of the public lavatories compared with the remainder of the hereditament, disregarding the proportion of the area occupied by the public lavatories.”

Stage: Committee stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #87282#87282Not movedAmends text

Amendment text

at end insert—
In subsection (4I), “mainly” means at least 50%.”

Stage: Report stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1

Amendment #87283#87283WithdrawnAmends text

Amendment text

leave out “consists wholly or mainly of” and insert “is used wholly or mainly as”

Stage: Report stage
Type: EditBillBody
Clause: 1