{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mercury-communications-ltd-rateable-values-scotland-order-1990/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mercury-communications-ltd-rateable-values-scotland-order-1990/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/857",
  "legislation_title": "The Mercury Communications Ltd. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mercury-communications-ltd-rateable-values-scotland-order-1990",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;\n“financial year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;\n“Mercury” means the company registered at the date of this Order by the name of Mercury Communications Ltd.;\n“non-domestic water rate” shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 40 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980; and\n“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.\n(2) Any reference in this Order to–\n(a) lands and heritages occupied by Mercury includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by Mercury; and\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 45; section 40 was substituted by the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47), Schedule 5, paragraph 29."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/857/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:21:35.199251+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}