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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2005 No.103

RATING AND VALUATION

The Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 2005

  Made 1st March 2005 
  Laid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd March 2005 
  Coming into force 1st April 2005 

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(3), and paragraphs 1(3)(c) and (5), 3(2)(b) and 4(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

    (2) In this Order-

Designation of rural areas
     2.  - (1) There are designated as rural areas for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act (rural settlement list) each of the local authority areas specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order under exclusion of the localities specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of the local authority area in question.

    (2) The boundaries of the localities specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall be the boundaries of those localities used for the purposes of the Census Report and as these are delineated on the maps annexed to that publication.

Rateable value limits
    
3.  - (1) The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (mandatory relief) shall be-

    (2) The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (discretionary rate relief - maximum rateable value) is £14,000.

Revocations
     4. The orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked.


TOM McCABE
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
1st March 2005



SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


DESIGNATED RURAL AREAS


Local authority area Excluded localities
1 2
Aberdeenshire Banchory
     Banff
     Ellon
     Fraserburgh
     Huntly
     Inverurie
     Kemnay
     Macduff
     Peterhead
     Portlethen
     Stonehaven
     Turiff
     Westhill
Angus Arbroath
     Brechin
     Carnoustie
     Dundee
     Forfar
     Kirriemuir
     Montrose
Argyll and Bute Ardrishaig
     Campbeltown
     Dunoon
     Helensburgh
     Lochgilphead
     Oban
     Port Bannatyne
     Rhu and Shandon
     Rothesay
     Sandbank
East Ayrshire Auchinleck
     Bellsbank
     Cumnock
     Dalmellington and Burnton
     Darvel
     Galston
     Hurlford and Crookedholm
     Kilmarnock
     Logan
     Mauchline
     New Cumnock
     Newmilns
     Stewarton
North Ayrshire Ardrossan
     Beith
     Dalry
  Dreghorn
     Irvine
     Kilbirnie
     Kilwinning
     Largs
     Saltcoats
     Springside
     Stevenston
     West Kilbride
South Ayrshire Ayr
     Girvan
     Maybole
     Prestwick
     Troon
Clackmannanshire Alloa
     Alva
     Clackmannan
     Tillicoultry
     Tullibody
Dumfries and Galloway Annan
     Castle Douglas
     Dalbeattie
     Dumfries
     Kirkcudbright
     Locharbriggs
     Lockerbie
     Newton Stewart
     Stranraer
East Dunbartonshire Bearsden
     Bishopbriggs
     Kirkintilloch
     Lennoxtown
     Lenzie
     Milngavie
     Milton of Campsie
West Dunbartonshire Alexandria
     Bonhill
     Clydebank
     Dumbarton
     Duntocher and Hardgate
     Faifley
     Milton
     Old Kilpatrick
     Renton
Falkirk Bo'ness
     Bonnybridge
     Carron
     Denny
     Falkirk
     Grangemouth
     Hallglen
     Polmont
     Stenhousemuir
Fife Anstruther
     Ballingry
     Buckhaven
     Burntisland
     Cardenden
     Cowdenbeath
     Crossgates
     Cupar
     Dalgety Bay
     Dunfermline
     East Wemyss
     Glenrothes
     Inverkeithing
     Kelty
     Kennoway
     Kincardine
     Kirkcaldy
     Leslie
     Leuchars
     Leven
     Lochgelly
     Markinch
     Newport-on-Tay
     North Queensferry
     Oakley
     Pittenweem
     Rosyth
     St Andrews
     St Monans
     Tayport
     Thornton
     Windygates
Highland Alness
     Culloden
     Dingwall
     Fort William
     Invergordon
     Inverness
     Nairn
     Smithton
     Tain
     Thurso
     Westhill
     Wick
Inverclyde Gourock
     Greenock
     Kilmacolm
     Port Glasgow
North Lanarkshire Airdrie
     Bargeddie
     Bellshill
     Blackwood
     Calderbank
     Carfin
     Chapelhall
     Chryston
     Cleland
     Coatbridge
     Croy
     Cumbernauld
     Glenmavis
     Gowkthrapple
     Holytown
     Kilsyth
     Moodiesburn
     Motherwell
     Muirhead
     Newarthill
     Newmains
     New Stevenston
     Overtown
     Plains
     Shotts
     Stepps
     Viewpark
     Wishaw
South Lanarkshire Ashgill
     Blantyre
     Bothwell
     Carluke
     East Kilbride
     Glasgow
     Hamilton
     Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood
     Lanark
     Larkhall
     Lesmahagow
     Stonehouse
     Strathaven
     Uddingston
East Lothian Cockenzie
     Dunbar
     Haddington
     Musselburgh
     North Berwick
     Prestonpans
     Tranent
Midlothian Bilston
     Bonnyrigg
     Dalkeith
  Gorebridge
     Loanhead
     Mayfield
     Penicuik
West Lothian Addiebrownhill
     Armadale
     Bathgate
     Blackburn
     Broxburn
     East Calder
     Fauldhouse
     Linlithgow
     Livingston
     Polbeth
     Stoneyburn
     West Calder
     Whitburn
Moray Buckie
     Elgin
     Forres
     Keith
  Lossiemouth
Orkney Islands Kirkwall
Perth and Kinross Auchterarder
     Blairgowrie
     Crieff
     Kinross
     New Scone
     Perth
East Renfrewshire Barrhead
     Busby
     Clarkston
     Eaglesham
     Giffnock
     Neilston
     Newton Mearns
Renfrewshire Bishopton
     Bridge of Weir
     Elderslie
     Erskine
     Houston
     Inchinnan
     Johnstone
     Kilbarchan
     Linwood
     Paisley
     Renfrew
Scottish Borders Eyemouth
     Galashiels
     Hawick
     Jedburgh
     Kelso
     Peebles
     Selkirk
Shetland Islands Lerwick
Stirling Bannockburn
     Bridge of Allan
     Dunblane
     Stirling
Western Isles Stornoway



SCHEDULE 2
Article 4


REVOCATIONS


Orders revoked References
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997 S.I. 1997/2827; partially revoked by S.S.I. 2004/91.
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000 S.S.I. 2000/57.
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003 S.S.I. 2003/141.
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004 S.S.I. 2004/91.



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (as amended) makes provision for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates for qualifying general stores, post offices and food stores. Provision is also made for discretionary relief for property used for purposes beneficial to the local community, in settlements of less than 3,000 people in areas of Scotland designated as rural areas by the Scottish Ministers (and formerly by the Secretary of State). The Non Domestic Rating (Petrol Filling Stations, Public Houses and Hotels) (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/188) prescribes conditions for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of the said Schedule 2 which add petrol filling stations, public houses and hotels to the categories of lands and heritages that qualify for mandatory relief.

Article 2 of this Order designates for the purposes of these provisions the local authority areas specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order, under exclusion of the localities specified in column 2 of that Schedule. The boundaries of the localities specified in column 2 are those used for the purposes of the publication "Scotland's Census 2001, Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland", copies of which may be purchased from Customer Services, General Register Office for Scotland, Ladywell House, Ladywell Road, Edinburgh EH12 7TF.

Article 3 prescribes maxima of rateable value, above which property will not be eligible for the relief. £7,000 (for qualifying general stores, post offices and food stores) and £10,500 (for qualifying petrol filling stations, hotels and public houses) are prescribed in relation to mandatory relief, and £14,000 in relation to discretionary relief.

Article 4 revokes the previous principal order (S.I. 1997/2827) and several amending orders (S.S.I. 2000/57, S.S.I. 2003/141 and S.S.I. 2004/91).


Notes:

[1] 1997 c.29. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back

[2] ISBN Number 1-874451-68-0. Copies of this document may be purchased from Customer Services, General Register Office for Scotland, Ladywell House, Ladywell Road, Edinburgh EH12 7TF.back

[3] 1920 c.41.back

[4] Section 29 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1) amends paragraph 3(2)(c)(i) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 to add qualifying food stores to those lands and heritages qualifying for mandatory relief.back

[5] Article 3 of the Non Domestic Rating (Petrol Filling Stations, Public Houses and Hotels) (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/188) prescribes conditions for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997back



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 © Crown copyright 2005

Prepared 10 March 2005


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