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The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002

S.S.I. 2002/101 · Made 7 March 2002

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COUNCIL TAX

Made 7th March 2002

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th March 2002

Coming into force 1st April 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72(6) and (7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 14. 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).

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 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

2Amendment of Order

(1)

The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Order 1997f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2)

In article 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “registered housing association”, there shall be inserted the following definition:–

  • ““registered social landlord” has the meaning given in section 111 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001f2;”.

(3)

In paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 1 (dwellings awaiting demolition), after “authority”, there shall be inserted “, a registered social landlord”.

Signature

PETER PEACOCK

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th March 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends (with effect from 1st April 2002) the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Order 1997 (“the 1997 Order”), which lists those classes of dwelling which are exempt from the council tax in Scotland.

The Order amends paragraph 8(a) in Schedule 1 to the 1997 Order to extend exemption from the council tax to dwellings awaiting demolition that are owned by a registered social landlord.