42.—(1) In Schedule 5 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (non-domestic rating: exemption), paragraph 16 is amended as follows.
(2) After sub-paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) For the purposes of this paragraph in its application to hereditaments in England, a person is disabled if he has a disability within the meaning given by section 6 of the Equality Act 2010.”
(3) In sub-paragraph (2), at the beginning insert “For the purposes of this paragraph in its application to hereditaments in Wales,”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (4) at the end insert “or, in the case of a local authority in England, had power to provide under that section immediately before it ceased to apply to local authorities in England.”