The governors of a voluntary controlled school were not the ratable occupiers of it, but rather the local education authority were. The devolution of a limited range of financial responsibility by the Education Act 1996 did not transfer the occupation or control of the schools.
Judges:
Roch, Sedley LJJ, Lord Lloyd of Berwick
Citations:
Gazette 08-Sep-1999, Times 02-Sep-1999, [1999] EWCA Civ 1999
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Statutes:
Local Government Finance Act 1988
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Tallington Lakes Ltd, Regina (on The Application of) v Grantham Magistrates Court Admn 25-Nov-2010
The company appealed against liability orders made against it for non-payment of domestic rates, saying that in each case it had not been the rateable occupier. The property had been subdivided and let to companies of which the appellant was a . .
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Rating, Education
Updated: 31 May 2022; Ref: scu.146914
