Rating (Valuation) Bill — Rateable value — 24 Feb 1999

Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.

I beg to move amendment No. 4, in page 1, line 9, leave out from 'substituted' to end of line 20 and insert

'"if the landlord undertook to execute prior to the start of the tenancy such repairs, if any, as the tenant might reasonably expect to be carried out to put the hereditament in a state to command that rent and the tenant undertook thereafter to bear the costs of repairs and insurance and to pay all usual rates and taxes".'.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 1, line 16, at end insert

'provided that there shall be excepted from any deemed reinstatement occurring in the course of the exercise of this assumption any want of actual repair to a hereditament arising from any peril customarily insured against, Acts of God, civil commotion, war or terrorism, or arising from the rebuilding or substantial refurbishment thereof'.

Question put, That the amendment be made:--

The House divided: Ayes 27, Noes 206.

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