Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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.

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”^f1 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^f2.