{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-contributions-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-contributions-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3070",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-contributions-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;\n“the 1956 Act” means the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956;\n“the 1962 Act” means the Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962;\n“the 1966 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966;\n“authority” means a local authority;\n“old authority” means a regional or islands council;\n“provisional amount” means the provisional amount arrived at under paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 12 to the Act as regards an authority for a year, or the amount for the time being treated as that amount in accordance with regulation 6 of these Regulations;\n“relevant day” means a day in a relevant year;\n“relevant year” means a year for which a calculation of a non-domestic rating contribution or a calculation or recalculation of a provisional amount is being made;\n“year” means a financial year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1956 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1962 c. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1966 c. 51."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/2867",
      "affecting_title": "The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/2867",
      "affecting_title": "The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3070/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:30:28.541669+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."
}