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The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1998

S.I. 1998/561 · Made 2 March 1998

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COUNCIL TAX, SCOTLAND

Made 2nd March 1998

Laid before Parliament 11th March 1998

Coming into force 1st April 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 72(6) and (7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 14.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

2Amendment of Order

In paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Order 1997f1, for the words “occupied dwelling” there shall be substituted the words “unoccupied dwelling”.

Signature

Calum MacDonald

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

2nd March 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order corrects a drafting error in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Order 1997, which lists those classes of dwellings which are exempt from the council tax in Scotland. The correction involves substituting a reference to an “unoccupied dwelling” for the existing reference to an “occupied dwelling” in paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order (dwellings left unoccupied during student vacations, etc.)