LegalizeThe Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007
Made: 12th February 2007
To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000
Coming into operation: 1st April 2007
In accordance with Article 31(6) of that Order it has consulted the Sports Council for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (being an Association which appears to the Department to be representative of district councils):
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007.
Specification of kinds of recreation
2
Recreations of the kinds set out in the Schedule (being recreations which in the opinion of the Department of Finance and Personnel demand an appreciable degree of physical effort) are specified for the purposes of Article 31 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.
Revocation
3
- (1) The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1976[^f00003] is revoked.
- (2) The Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979[^f00004] is revoked.
SCHEDULE — List of specified recreations
| Aikido | Gliding, Hang/Para | Rackets |
|---|---|---|
| Angling | Golf | Racquetball |
| Archery | Gymnastics | Rounders |
| Athletics | Handball | Rowing |
| Badminton | Highland Games | Sailing |
| Ballooning | Hockey | Shinty |
| Baseball | Hockey, Ice | Shooting |
| Basketball | Hockey, Roller | Skating, Ice |
| Baton Twirling | Hockey, Skater/Street | Skating, Roller |
| Biathlon | Hockey, Unihoc | Skateboarding |
| Billiards, Snooker and Pool | Horseshoe Pitching | Skiing |
| Bobsleigh | Hovering | Skiing, Jet |
| Boccia | Hurling | Skiing, Water |
| Bowls | Ju Jitsu | Skipping |
| Bowls, Tenpin | Judo | Skittles |
| Boxing | Kabbadi | Snowboarding |
| Camogie | Karate | Softball |
| Camping | Karting | Sport and Physical Recreation for persons with a disability |
| Canoeing | Keep Fit | Squash |
| Caving | Kendo | Stoolball |
| Chinese Martial Arts | Korfball | Sub-aqua |
| Cricket | Lacrosse | Surf Lifesaving |
| Croquet | Life Saving | Surfing |
| Crossbow | Luge | Swimming |
| Cruising | Martial Arts | Taekwondo |
| Curling | Model Aircraft Flying | Tang Soo Do |
| Cycling | Model Power Boating | Tennaquoit |
| Dance, Ballroom | Modern Pentathlon | Tennis, Lawn |
| Dance, Folk | Motor Cycle Sports | Tennis, Real |
| Dance, Movement, Exercise and Fitness | Motor Sports | Tennis, Table |
| Darts | Mountain, Cliff, Cave and Sea Rescue | Triathlon |
| Diving | Mountaineering | Tug of War |
| Dragon Boat Racing | Netball | Volleyball |
| Equestrian, Recreational | Orienteering | Wakeboarding |
| Fencing | Paddle Ball | Walking, Recreational |
| Fives | Parachuting | Weightlifting |
| Flying, Recreational | Parascending | Wild Fowling |
| Football, American | Petanque (Boule) | Wrestling |
| Football, Association | Polo | Wrestling, Arm |
| Football, Australian Rules | Polo, Bicycle | Wrestling, Sombo |
| Football, Gaelic | Polo, Water | Yachting, Sand/Land |
| Football, Rugby League | Power Boarding | Yoga |
| Football, Rugby Union | Quoits | |
| Gliding | Racketball |
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 12th February 2007
Brian McClure — A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order specifies the kinds of recreation which qualify certain hereditaments for rate relief under Article 31 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.
It revokes the Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1976 and the Rates (Recreational Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: Article 31 was substituted by Article 3(1) of the Rates Amendment (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/297 (N.I. 4))
[^f00002]: S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28) as amended by the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2954 (N.I. 18))
[^f00003]: S.R. 1976 No. 55
[^f00004]: S.R. 1979 No. 428
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