Section 3 — Local Government Finance Act 1988: Persons subject to standard community charge.

Persons subject to standard community charge. 3 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.