# The Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 2005 S.S.I. 2005/103 · made 1 March 2005 Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (as amended) makes provision for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates for qualifying general stores, post offices and food stores. Provision is also made for discretionary relief for property used for purposes beneficial to the local community, in settlements of less than 3,000 people in areas of Scotland designated as rural areas by the Scottish Ministers (and formerly by the Secretary of State). The Non Domestic Rating (Petrol Filling Stations, Public Houses and Hotels) (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/188) prescribes conditions for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of the said Schedule 2 which add petrol filling stations, public houses and hotels to the categories of lands and heritages that qualify for mandatory relief. Made under: Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (Section 8, Schedule 2 paragraph 1, Schedule 2 paragraph 3, Schedule 2 paragraph 4) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-rural-areas-and-rateable-value-limits-scotland-order-2005/pdf/ssi_20050103_en.pdf ## Introductory text RATING AND VALUATION Made 1st March 2005 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd March 2005 Coming into force 1st April 2005 The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(3), and paragraphs 1(3)(c) and (5), 3(2)(b) and 4(2)(b) 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, commencement and interpretation (1) This Order may be cited as the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. (2) In this Order– “the Act” means the Local Government and Rating Act 1997; “the Census Report” means the publication “Scotland’s Census 2001, Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland” which was published by the General Register Office for Scotland in 2003 and was laid before the Scottish Parliament pursuant to section 4(1) of the Census Act 1920. ## 2 Designation of rural areas (1) There are designated as rural areas for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act (rural settlement list) each of the local authority areas specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order under exclusion of the localities specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of the local authority area in question. (2) The boundaries of the localities specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall be the boundaries of those localities used for the purposes of the Census Report and as these are delineated on the maps annexed to that publication. ## 3 Rateable value limits (1) The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (mandatory relief) shall be– (a) in the case of any lands and heritages which, in whole or in part, are used as a qualifying general store, qualifying food store or qualifying post office, £7,000; and (b) in the case of any lands and heritages which satisfy the conditions prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of that Schedule, £10,500. (2) The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (discretionary rate relief – maximum rateable value) is £14,000. ## 4 Revocations The orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked. ## Signature TOM McCABE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 1st March 2005 ## Schedule 1 DESIGNATED RURAL AREAS Local authority area Excluded localities 1 2 Aberdeenshire Banchory Banff Ellon Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Kemnay Macduff Peterhead Portlethen Stonehaven Turiff Westhill Angus Arbroath Brechin Carnoustie Dundee Forfar Kirriemuir Montrose Argyll and Bute Ardrishaig Campbeltown Dunoon Helensburgh Lochgilphead Oban Port Bannatyne Rhu and Shandon Rothesay Sandbank East Ayrshire Auchinleck Bellsbank Cumnock Dalmellington and Burnton Darvel Galston Hurlford and Crookedholm Kilmarnock Logan Mauchline New Cumnock Newmilns Stewarton North Ayrshire Ardrossan Beith Dalry Dreghorn Irvine Kilbirnie Kilwinning Largs Saltcoats Springside Stevenston West Kilbride South Ayrshire Ayr Girvan Maybole Prestwick Troon Clackmannanshire Alloa Alva Clackmannan Tillicoultry Tullibody Dumfries and Galloway Annan Castle Douglas Dalbeattie Dumfries Kirkcudbright Locharbriggs Lockerbie Newton Stewart Stranraer East Dunbartonshire Bearsden Bishopbriggs Kirkintilloch Lennoxtown Lenzie Milngavie Milton of Campsie West Dunbartonshire Alexandria Bonhill Clydebank Dumbarton Duntocher and Hardgate Faifley Milton Old Kilpatrick Renton Falkirk Bo'ness Bonnybridge Carron Denny Falkirk Grangemouth Hallglen Polmont Stenhousemuir Fife Anstruther Ballingry Buckhaven Burntisland Cardenden Cowdenbeath Crossgates Cupar Dalgety Bay Dunfermline East Wemyss Glenrothes Inverkeithing Kelty Kennoway Kincardine Kirkcaldy Leslie Leuchars Leven Lochgelly Markinch Newport-on-Tay North Queensferry Oakley Pittenweem Rosyth St Andrews St Monans Tayport Thornton Windygates Highland Alness Culloden Dingwall Fort William Invergordon Inverness Nairn Smithton Tain Thurso Westhill Wick Inverclyde Gourock Greenock Kilmacolm Port Glasgow North Lanarkshire Airdrie Bargeddie Bellshill Blackwood Calderbank Carfin Chapelhall Chryston Cleland Coatbridge Croy Cumbernauld Glenmavis Gowkthrapple Holytown Kilsyth Moodiesburn Motherwell Muirhead Newarthill Newmains New Stevenston Overtown Plains Shotts Stepps Viewpark Wishaw South Lanarkshire Ashgill Blantyre Bothwell Carluke East Kilbride Glasgow Hamilton Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood Lanark Larkhall Lesmahagow Stonehouse Strathaven Uddingston East Lothian Cockenzie Dunbar Haddington Musselburgh North Berwick Prestonpans Tranent Midlothian Bilston Bonnyrigg Dalkeith Gorebridge Loanhead Mayfield Penicuik West Lothian Addiebrownhill Armadale Bathgate Blackburn Broxburn East Calder Fauldhouse Linlithgow Livingston Polbeth Stoneyburn West Calder Whitburn Moray Buckie Elgin Forres Keith Lossiemouth Orkney Islands Kirkwall Perth and Kinross Auchterarder Blairgowrie Crieff Kinross New Scone Perth East Renfrewshire Barrhead Busby Clarkston Eaglesham Giffnock Neilston Newton Mearns Renfrewshire Bishopton Bridge of Weir Elderslie Erskine Houston Inchinnan Johnstone Kilbarchan Linwood Paisley Renfrew Scottish Borders Eyemouth Galashiels Hawick Jedburgh Kelso Peebles Selkirk Shetland Islands Lerwick Stirling Bannockburn Bridge of Allan Dunblane Stirling Western Isles Stornoway ## Schedule 2 REVOCATIONS Orders revoked References The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997 S.I. 1997/2827; partially revoked by S.S.I. 2004/91. The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000 S.S.I. 2000/57. The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003 S.S.I. 2003/141. The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004 S.S.I. 2004/91. ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (as amended) makes provision for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates for qualifying general stores, post offices and food stores. Provision is also made for discretionary relief for property used for purposes beneficial to the local community, in settlements of less than 3,000 people in areas of Scotland designated as rural areas by the Scottish Ministers (and formerly by the Secretary of State). The Non Domestic Rating (Petrol Filling Stations, Public Houses and Hotels) (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/188) prescribes conditions for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of the said Schedule 2 which add petrol filling stations, public houses and hotels to the categories of lands and heritages that qualify for mandatory relief. Article 2 of this Order designates for the purposes of these provisions the local authority areas specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order, under exclusion of the localities specified in column 2 of that Schedule. The boundaries of the localities specified in column 2 are those used for the purposes of the publication “Scotland’s Census 2001, Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland”, copies of which may be purchased from Customer Services, General Register Office for Scotland, Ladywell House, Ladywell Road, Edinburgh EH12 7TF. Article 3 prescribes maxima of rateable value, above which property will not be eligible for the relief. £7,000 (for qualifying general stores, post offices and food stores) and £10,500 (for qualifying petrol filling stations, hotels and public houses) are prescribed in relation to mandatory relief, and £14,000 in relation to discretionary relief. Article 4 revokes the previous principal order (S.I. 1997/2827) and several amending orders (S.S.I. 2000/57, S.S.I. 2003/141 and S.S.I. 2004/91). --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/103 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-rural-areas-and-rateable-value-limits-scotland-order-2005 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.