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The Valuation (Postponement of Revaluation) (Scotland) Order 2013

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Draft 2013, ISBN 9780111019405

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Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 37(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Rating And Valuation

Made 2013

Coming into force 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(2) and 37(3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 37(4) of that Actf2, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1

1975 c.30. Section 37(3) was inserted by section 1 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.23). 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).

f2

Section 37(4) was inserted by section 1 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.23) and has been modified by section 118(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Postponement of revaluation
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Valuation (Postponement of Revaluation) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Postponement of revaluation

In section 37(1) (general interpretation) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975f1, in the definition of “year of revaluation”, for “1985–86” substitute “2017–18”.

3Revocation

The Valuation (Postponement of Revaluation) (Scotland) Order 1982f1 is revoked.

Signature

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends section 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 to postpone the next year of non-domestic rating revaluation to 2017 – 2018. As a consequence, it revokes the Valuation (Postponement of Revaluation) (Scotland) Order 1982 which provided that the quinquennial revaluations should run from 1985–1986.