Section 63F — Local Government Finance Act 1988: Artificial non-domestic rating avoidance arrangements: introduction

Artificial non-domestic rating avoidance arrangements: introduction 63F 1 This section and sections 63G to 63M make provision in relation to Wales about counteracting advantages, in respect of liability to non-domestic rating, from artificial non-domestic rating avoidance arrangements.

2 For the purposes of this section and sections 63G to 63M, an arrangement is an “artificial non-domestic rating avoidance arrangement” if—

a in consequence of the arrangement, a person obtains or will obtain an advantage in relation to non-domestic rating (see section 63G),

and b the arrangement is artificial (see section 63H).

3 For the purposes of this section and sections 63G to 63M, “ an arrangement ” includes (among other things) any action, event, agreement, operation, promise, scheme, transaction, understanding or undertaking (whether legally enforceable or not), and references to an arrangement are to be read as including—

a a series of arrangements, and b any part or stage of an arrangement comprised of more than one part or stage.