# The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004

S.S.I. 2004/91 · made 8 March 2004

This Order further amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997 (“the 1997 Order”) to remove certain excluded localities from columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule to the 1997 Order. The effect of this is that these localities are now to be considered as falling within the local authority areas designated as rural areas for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 by article 2 of the 1997 Order.

Made under: Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (Schedule 2 paragraph 1)

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## Introductory text

RATING AND VALUATION
Made 8th March 2004
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 9th March 2004
Coming into force 1st April 2004
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1(3)(c) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.

## 2 Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997

The Schedule (designated rural areas) to the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997 is amended as follows.

## 3 Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997

In column 2 (excluded localities) omit the entries for–
(a) “Boddam” in the local authority area of Aberdeenshire;
(b) “Gretna” in the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway; and
(c) “High Valleyfield” and “Lundin Links” in the local authority area of Fife.

## 4 Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997

In column 3 omit the entries for–
(a) “Twechar” in the local authority area of East Dunbartonshire;
(b) “Springfield” and “Stratheden” in the local authority area of Fife;
(c) “Queenzieburn” in the local authority area of North Lanarkshire;
(d) “Murieston” in the local authority area of West Lothian;
(e) “Findhorn” in the local authority area of Moray; and
(f) “Brookfield” in the local authority area of Renfrewshire.

## Signature

ANDREW P KERR
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
8th March 2004

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order further amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997 (“the 1997 Order”) to remove certain excluded localities from columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule to the 1997 Order. The effect of this is that these localities are now to be considered as falling within the local authority areas designated as rural areas for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 by article 2 of the 1997 Order.

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