# The BG Transco plc (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 2000

S.S.I. 2000/85 · made 20 March 2000

This Order makes provision for the valuation for each of the financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05 of certain lands and heritages occupied by BG Transco plc (“the prescribed class of lands and heritages”) (article 3).

Made under: Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (Section 6, Section 35, Section 37)

## Introductory text

RATING AND VALUATION
Made 20th March 2000
Coming into force 1st April 2000
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 6, 35 and 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities, and of persons carrying on undertakings, as appeared to them to be concerned, and with such local authorities, persons, or associations of persons with whom consultation appeared to them to be desirable, all in accordance with section 6(4) of the said Act, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and has been approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the BG Transco plc (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

## 2 Interpretation

(1) In this Order–
“the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;
“the Company” means BG Transco plc;
“financial year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;
“gas” means any substance which is, or if it were in a gaseous state would be, gas within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986;
“prescribed class of lands and heritages” means the class of lands and heritages prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act in article 3 of this Order; and
“services” means the pipe and other apparatus installed for each consumer between the distribution mains and the consumer’s gas meter.
(2) Any reference in this Order to–
(a) lands and heritages occupied by the Company includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by the Company; and
(b) lands and heritages used for any purpose includes a reference to lands and heritages which are unused but in relation to which it appears that, when next in use, they will be used for such a purpose.

## 3 Prescribed class of lands and heritages

The following class of lands and heritages is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act, namely any lands and heritages in Scotland occupied by the Company and used for any of the purposes of production, treatment, transmission, distribution or storage of gas, including plant and equipment installed therein or thereon and, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, gas terminals, gas research stations, pressure reduction stations, governor stations, holder stations, mains, services and radio stations, insofar as any of them is used for any of the foregoing purposes.

## 4 Aggregate amount of rateable values for financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05

For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for each of the financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05 is hereby prescribed as £59,194,405.

## 5 Apportionment of aggregate amount of rateable values

For the purposes of section 6(2) of the 1975 Act, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for each of the financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05 prescribed by article 4 above shall be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in the amount shown opposite the name of each such local authority in column 2 of that Schedule.

## 6 Amendment of enactments

The following amendments shall be made to the enactments specified in articles 7 and 8 below in their relation to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for each of the financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05.

## 7 Amendment of enactments

In section 6(1) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956, after the words “this Act”, there shall be inserted the words “and to any Order made by the Scottish Ministers under section 6 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975”.

## 8 Amendment of enactments

(1) Section 2(1)(c) of the 1975 Act shall be amended by inserting at the end of the following:–
“(iii) upon their ceasing to be lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the BG Transco plc (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 2000 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the 2000 Order”);”.
(2) Section 2(1)(d) of that Act shall be amended by inserting after the words “lands and heritages” the following words:–
“(other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 2000 Order)”.
(3) After paragraph (f) of section 2(1) of that Act there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–
“(ff) by entering therein any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 2000 Order together with the rateable values apportioned by that Order to the local authorities whose areas comprise or form part of the valuation area;”.
(4) In paragraph (a) of section 2(2) of that Act, after the words “subsection (1)(a)” there shall be inserted the words “or (ff)”.
(5) In section 3(4) of that Act after the words “lands and heritages” where they appear for the first time, there shall be inserted the following:–
“(other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 2000 Order)”.

## 9 Revocations

The following Orders are hereby revoked:–
(a) the British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1995; and
(b) the British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997.

## Signature

JACK McCONNELL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th March 2000

## Apportionment of aggregate amount of rateable values of prescribed class of lands and heritages for financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05

(1)
(2)
Local authority
Apportioned figure
£
Aberdeen City Council
2,089,562
Aberdeenshire Council
11,104,870
Angus Council
4,273,836
Argyll and Bute Council
325,569
East Ayrshire Council
603,783
North Ayrshire Council
1,095,096
South Ayrshire Council
657,058
Clackmannanshire Council
313,730
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
11,839
Dumfries & Galloway Council
3,042,592
East Dunbartonshire Council
716,252
West Dunbartonshire Council
568,266
Dundee City Council
1,106,935
City of Edinburgh Council
3,220,176
Falkirk Council
1,835,027
Fife Council
3,374,081
City of Glasgow Council
3,794,361
Highland Council
331,489
Inverclyde Council
491,314
North Lanarkshire Council
4,173,206
South Lanarkshire Council
3,314,887
East Lothian Council
958,949
Midlothian Council
680,736
West Lothian Council
3,172,820
Moray Council
378,844
Perth and Kinross Council
3,119,545
East Renfrewshire Council
627,461
Renfrewshire Council
1,083,258
The Scottish Borders Council
1,621,927
Stirling Council
1,106,935

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision for the valuation for each of the financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05 of certain lands and heritages occupied by BG Transco plc (“the prescribed class of lands and heritages”) (article 3).
The Order prescribes the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for each of the financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05 at £59,194,405 (article 4). It also apportions the aggregate amount among local authorities in accordance with the Schedule to the Order (article 5).
The Order amends certain enactments relating to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages and revokes two previous Orders, now spent (articles 6 to 9).

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bg-transco-plc-rateable-values-scotland-order-2000
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