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3 Persons subject to standard community charge.
(1) A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a freehold interest in the whole of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the building throughout the day—
(a) it is situated in the authority’s area,
(b) it is not the sole or main residence of an individual (construing sole or main residence in accordance with section 2 above),
(c) it is domestic property,
(d) it is not designated for the purposes of collective community charges of the authority,
(e) it is not divided into self-contained parts, and
(f) it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest.
(2) A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a relevant leasehold interest in the whole of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the building throughout the day—
(a) the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (e) above, and
(b) the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest inferior to his interest.
(3) A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a freehold interest in the whole of a self-contained part of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the part throughout the day—
(a) the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) above, and
(b) the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest.
(4) A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a relevant leasehold interest in the whole of a self-contained part of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the part throughout the day—
(a) the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) above, and
(b) the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest inferior to his interest.
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) Notwithstanding anything in subsections (1) to (5) above, a person cannot be subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on a day which falls before 1 December 1989.
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3 Persons subject to standard community charge.
(1) A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a freehold interest in the whole of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the building throughout the day—
(a) it is situated in the authority’s area,
(b) it is not the sole or main residence of an individual (construing sole or main residence in accordance with section 2 above),
(c) it is domestic property,
(d) it is not designated for the purposes of collective community charges of the authority,
(e) it is not divided into self-contained parts, and
(f) it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest.
(2) A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a relevant leasehold interest in the whole of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the building throughout the day—
(a) the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (e) above, and
(b) the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest inferior to his interest.
(3) A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a freehold interest in the whole of a self-contained part of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the part throughout the day—
(a) the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) above, and
(b) the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest.
(4) A person is subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on any day if he has at any time on the day a relevant leasehold interest in the whole of a self-contained part of a building, and the following conditions are fulfilled as regards the part throughout the day—
(a) the conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) above, and
(b) the condition that it is not subject (as a whole) to a single relevant leasehold interest inferior to his interest.
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) Notwithstanding anything in subsections (1) to (5) above, a person cannot be subject to a charging authority’s standard community charge on a day which falls before 1 December 1989.
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