Commentary on Sections Non-Domestic Rates Section 6: Definition of domestic property
35.Section 6 will correct a drafting error in the LGFA 1988. Subsections (2B) and (2C) of section 66 of that Act identify when a building or a self-contained part of a building is not 'domestic property', and apply particularly to provide that where serviced apartments in a building are let out for short periods, they shall be treated as in non-domestic use. The High Court has determined that, due to a drafting error in subsection (2C), the provision does not apply where the apartments are being let by the freeholder of a self-contained part of a building. This section corrects the defect.