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The Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/1904 · Made 31 October 1988

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RATING AND VALUATION

Made 31st October 1988

Laid before Parliament 3rd November 1988

Coming into force 24th November 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3(2) and (5)(a)(ii) and 26(1) of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and, as required by the said section 3(2), with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1987 c. 47; section 26(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Base rate
  4. 4Maximum non-domestic rates for 1989-90
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule MAXIMUM NON-DOMESTIC RATE 1989-90
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 24th November 1988.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987.

3Base rate

For the purposes of section 3 of the Actf1 (non-domestic rates of local authorities) the amount of the base rate in respect of Shetland Islands Council is prescribed as 61.1 pence.

4Maximum non-domestic rates for 1989-90

The maximum non-domestic rate which, under section 3 of the Act, may be determined in respect of the financial year 1989-90 by each local authority set out in column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be the rate, expressed as an amount of pence per pound, set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of that local authority, which amount has been calculated in accordance with subsections (3) and (6) of that section.

Signature

Ian Lang

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th October 1988

We consent,

David Lightbown

David Maclean

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

31st October 1988

MAXIMUM NON-DOMESTIC RATE 1989-90

Column 1Column 2
AuthorityAmount of pence per pound
Regional Councils
Borders48.5
Central56.1
Dumfries and Galloway51.6
Fife62.1
Grampian46.0
Highland55.6
Lothian63.9
Strathclyde61.9
Tayside57.9
District Councils
Berwickshire10.1
Ettrick and Lauderdale11.5
Roxburgh12.7
Tweeddale9.7
Clackmannan20.1
Falkirk16.4
Stirling24.3
Annandale and Eskdale12.2
Nithsdale12.2
Stewartry10.6
Wigtown10.0
Dunfermline13.6
Kirkcaldy16.9
North East Fife15.2
Aberdeen City14.8
Banff and Buchan13.2
Gordon10.6
Kincardine and Deeside8.7
Moray11.1
Badenoch and Strathspey8.5
Caithness13.2
Inverness10.1
Lochaber15.3
Nairn8.5
Ross and Cromarty13.2
Skye and Lochalsh12.7
Sutherland10.1
East Lothian18.0
Edinburgh City17.7
Midlothian18.0
West Lothian15.9
Argyll and Bute20.1
Bearsden and Milngavie13.8
Clydebank20.6
Clydesdale17.8
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth17.5
Cumnock and Doon Valley18.0
Cunninghame21.7
Dumbarton20.1
East Kilbride15.1
Eastwood10.6
Glasgow City28.1
Hamilton19.1
Inverclyde16.9
Kilmarnock and Loudoun19.6
Kyle and Carrick18.0
Monklands19.1
Motherwell17.3
Renfrew19.1
Strathkelvin16.9
Angus14.3
Dundee City22.8
Perth and Kinross14.8
Islands Councils
Orkney52.9
Shetland62.8
Western Isles77.6

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the maximum non-domestic rate which a local authority may determine for the financial year 1989-90 (regulation 4 and the Schedule).

They also prescribe a base rate for Shetlands Islands Council (regulation 3). This base rate is one of the elements in accordance with which the maximum non-domestic rate for that local authority has been calculated.