# The Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (Scotland) Order 2005, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Paragraph 3A of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 provides for mandatory rate relief on certain former agricultural premises. Article 2 of this Order provides that £7,000 is the maximum rateable value of lands and heritages that can be eligible for such relief.
Article 3 of this Order revokes the Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (Scotland) Order 2003, which previously prescribed the amount to be £6,000.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/104/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-former-agricultural-premises-scotland-order-2005/note
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