# The British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/941 · made 29 March 1991

This Order makes provision for the valuation for the financial year 1991-92 of certian lands and heritages occupied by British Telecommunications plc. (article 3) (“the prescribed class of lands and heritages”).

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

## Introductory text

RATING AND VALUATION
Made 29th March 1991
Coming into force 1st April 1991
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6, 35 and 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities, and of persons carrying on undertakings, as appeared to him to be concerned, and with such local authorities, persons, or associations of persons with whom consultation appeared to him to be desirable, all in accordance with section 6(4) of the said Act, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

## 2 Interpretation

(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;
“British Telecom” means the company registered at the date of this Order by the name of British Telecommunications plc.;
“financial year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;
“non-domestic water rate” shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 40 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980; and
“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.
(2) Any reference in this Order to—
(a) lands and heritages occupied by the British Telecom includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by the British Telecom; 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 any posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, switchgear and other equipment not within a building, or by servitudes or wayleaves, and being lands and heritages occupied by British Telecom and used for the purposes of telecommunications services.

## 4 Non-domestic water rate

The non-domestic water rate shall not be leviable in respect of the prescribed class of lands and heritages in respect of the financial year 1991-92.

## 5 Aggregate amount of rateable values for financial year 1991-92

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 the financial year 1991-92 is hereby prescribed as £15,969,707.

## 6 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 the financial year 1991-92 which is prescribed by article 5 shall be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in the amount shown opposite to the name of each such local authority in column 2 of that Schedule.

## 7 Amendment of enactments

For the purposes of section 6(5) of the 1975 Act, the following amendments shall be made to the enactments specified in articles 8 and 9 below in their relation to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1991-92.

## 8 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 Secretary of State under section 6 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975”.

## 9 Amendment of enactments

(1) Section 2(1)(c) of the 1975 Act shall be amended by inserting at the end the following:—
“(iii) upon their ceasing to be lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1991 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the 1991 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 1991 Order)”.
(3) After paragraph (g) of section 2(1) of that Act there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:—
“(gg) by deleting therefrom, with effect on and after 1st April 1991, any lands and heritages prescribed in the British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values)(Scotland) Order 1990 which were entered in the roll immediately before that date; and
(ggg) by entering therein any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1991 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 section 2(2)(a) of that Act, after the reference to “subsection (1)(a)”, there shall be inserted the words “or (ggg)”.
(5) In section 3(2) of that Act, for the words from “and any such person” to the end, there shall be substituted the following:—
“and, where the entry relates to any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1991 Order, any such person may at any time while the roll is in force appeal against the entry but only on the ground that there is such an error in the entry as is referred to in section 2(1)(f) of this Act.”.
(6) 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 1991 Order)”.

## Signature

Allan Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
29th March 1991

## Apportionment of aggregate amount of rateable values of prescribed class of lands and heritages for financial year 1991-92

(1)
(2)
Local authority
Apportioned amount
District Councils:—
Berwickshire
£ 62,102
Ettrick and Lauderdale
121,649
Roxburgh
114,126
Tweeddale
47,142
Clackmannan
108,719
Falkirk
379,781
Stirling
270,303
Annandale and Eskdale
102,266
Nithsdale
180,912
Stewarty
76,718
Wigtown
93,641
Dunfermline
337,160
Kirkcaldy
397,540
North East Fife
196,732
City of Aberdeen
980,424
Banff and Buchan
253,373
Gordon
202,005
Kincardine and Deeside
133,884
Moray
243,393
Badenoch and Strathspey
44,062
Caithness
84,921
Inverness
242,496
Lochaber
71,075
Nairn
28,360
Ross and Cromarty
155,542
Skye and Lochalsh
46,605
Sutherland
50,989
East Lothian
216,953
City of Edinburgh
1,901,478
Midlothian
183,577
West Lothian
392,193
Argyll and Bute
253,787
Bearsden and Milngavie
93,953
Clydebank
137,476
Clydesdale
137,873
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
163,922
Cumnock and Doon Valley
92,290
Cunninghame
352,868
Dumbarton
205,030
East Kilbride
235,565
Eastwood
103,459
City of Glasgow
2,531,326
Hamilton
290,820
Inverclyde
231,265
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
214,307
Kyle and Carrick
356,859
Monklands
242,394
Motherwell
347,440
Renfrew
612,171
Strathkelvin
190,477
Angus
273,230
City of Dundee
545,093
Perth and Kinross
420,126
Islands Council:—
Orkney
70,087
Shetland
80,901
Western Isles
84,597

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision for the valuation for the financial year 1991-92 of certian lands and heritages occupied by British Telecommunications plc. (article 3) (“the prescribed class of lands and heritages”).
The Order prescribes the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for that financial year at £15,969,707 (article 5). It also apportions that aggregate amonut among local authorities in accordance with the Schedule to the Order (article 6).
The Order provides that the non-domestic water rate shall not be leviable in respect of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for that financial year (article 4).
The Order amends certain enactments relating to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages (articles 7 to 9).

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