Article 2 Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Telecommunications and Canals) (Scotland) Order 1995

for “Any”, substitute “(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any”; and

at the end, insert—

“(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to lands and heritages which are—

(a)

occupied by a tower or mast which is erected on or after 1st April 2016 and is used for the monitoring, processing or transmission of communications or other signals for the provision of electronic communications services; and

(b)

in a Mobile Masts Pilot Area (within the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Non-Domestic Rates (Telecommunication Installations) (Scotland) Regulations 2016^f2).”.