# The Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 2005, Article 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/103/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-rural-areas-and-rateable-value-limits-scotland-order-2005/article-2
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