# The British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/881 · made 19 March 1993

This Order makes provision for the valuation for the financial year 1993-94 of certain lands and heritages occupied by the 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 19th March 1993
Coming into force 1st April 1993
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 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

## 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 British Telecom includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by 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 1993-94.

## 5 Aggregate amount of rateable values for financial year 1993-94

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 1993-94 is hereby prescribed as £19,731,334.

## 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 1993-94 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

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 1993-94.

## 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 1993 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the 1993 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 1993 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 from 1st April 1993, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1992 which were entered in the roll immediately before that date;
(ggg) by entering therein, with effect from 1st April 1993, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1993 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 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 1993 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 a clerical error in that entry.”.
(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 1993 Order)”.

## 10 Revocation

The British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1992 is hereby revoked.

## Signature

Allan Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secr etary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
19th March 1993

## Apportionment of aggregate amount of rateable values of prescribed class of lands and heritages for financial year 1993-94

(1)
(2)
Local authority
Apportioned amount
District Councils:
Berwickshire
£ 76,730
Ettrick and Lauderdale
150,303
Roxburgh
141,008
Tweeddale
58,247
Clackmannan
134,328
Falkirk
469,237
Stirling
333,973
Annandale and Eskdale
126,355
Nithsdale
223,525
Stewartry
94,789
Wigtown
115,698
Dunfermline
416,578
Kirkcaldy
491,180
North East Fife
243,072
City of Aberdeen
1,211,360
Banff and Buchan
313,054
Gordon
249,586
Kincardine and Deeside
165,420
Moray
300,724
Badenoch and Strathspey
54,441
Caithness
104,924
Inverness
299,616
Lochaber
87,816
Nairn
35,040
Ross and Cromarty
192,179
Skye and Lochalsh
57,583
Sutherland
62,999
East Lothian
268,055
City of Edinburgh
2,349,367
Midlothian
226,819
West Lothian
484,573
Argyll and Bute
291,326
Bearsden and Milngavie
116,083
Clydebank
170,192
Clydesdale
170,348
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
202,533
Cumnock and Doon Valley
114,029
Cunninghame
435,986
Dunbarton
253,324
East Kilbride
291,052
Eastwood
127,828
City of Glasgow
3,127,574
Hamilton
359,322
Inverclyde
285,739
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
264,786
Kyle and Carrick
440,917
Monklands
299,489
Motherwell
429,279
Renfrew
756,366
Strathkelvin
235,343
Angus
337,588
City of Dundee
673,488
Perth and Kinross
519,086
Islands Council
Orkney
86,596
Shetland
99,957
Western Islands
104,524

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision for the valuation for the financial year 1993-94 of certain lands and heritages occupied by the 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 £19,731,334 (article 5). It also apportions that aggregate amount 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 and revokes the Order for financial year 1992-93 concerning British Telecommunications plc. (articles 7 to 10).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/881 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-telecommunications-plc-rateable-values-scotland-order-1993
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