(1) Despite the
provisions of the Local Government Act 1999 , the Corporation is liable
to pay rates, in respect of land managed by the Corporation for commercial
purposes, to a council in accordance with that Act as if the Corporation owned
a freehold estate in the land and were not an instrumentality of the Crown.
(2) A council must,
after consultation with the Corporation, apply half of any amounts received
from the Corporation in accordance with this section towards the maintenance
or upgrading of roads affected by the Corporation's operations.
(3) Section 29(2)(b)
of the Public Corporations Act 1993 does not apply in relation to the
Corporation.