Telecommunications Act 1984
37
c. 12
6(1) of that Act applies and occupied by British Telecommunica.
tions by certain property used for the purposes of telecommunication services)(a) for the words " British Telecommunications " there shall
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be substituted the words " a telecommunications operator (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act
1984) " ; and
(b) for the words from " not within " to " purposes of " there
shall be substituted the words ", being property used
for the purpose of providing ".
(2)
This section extends to Scotland only.
33.-(l) For the purposes of any valuation list in force on Rating in
or after the appointed day the Department of Finance and Per- Northern
sonnel for Northern Ireland (in this section referred to as " the land
Department ") may by order determine the aggregate amount of
the net annual value of the following hereditaments occupied
by a telecommunications operator for the purpose of providing
telecommunication services, namely, posts, wires, underground
cables and ducts, telephone kiosks and other equipment.
(2) The Department shall, after consultation with such telecommunications operators, associations of district councils and
district councils as the Department considers appropriate, make
an order under subsection (1) above for the purpose of any
valuation list in force on or after 1st April in a relevant year.
(3) The aggregate amount determined under subsection (1)
above shall be apportioned by the Commissioner of Valuation
for Northern Ireland in the valuation list prepared by him among
the districts of the district councils in such manner as the Department may by order prescribe.
(4) An order under subsection (1) above may, if the Department thinks fit, provide, with respect to each of the years subsequent to the first with respect to which the order has effect or
with respect to such of those years as may be specified in the
order(a)
(b)
for the aggregate amount referred to in that subsection
to be re-determined in manner prescribed by the order ;
or
for the apportioned parts of that amount to be varied
in manner so prescribed ;
and, where such an order includes such provision as is authorised by paragraph (a) above to be included therein the aggregate amount, as re-determined in accordance with the order, shall
be apportioned among the districts of the district councils in