The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019
S.S.I. 2019/45 · Made 14 February 2019 · Extends to Scotland
Rating And Valuation
Made 14th February 2019
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 18th February 2019
Coming into force 1st April 2019
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A(1)(aa) and (1B) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 M1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 6A(1D) that Act M2 they have consulted such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think appropriate.
Annotations to the whole text
Marginal citations
- M1
1956 c.60. Section 6A was inserted by section 161 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39) and subsections (1)(aa) and (1B) were inserted by section 32(1) of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1) (“the 2003 Act). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).
- M2
Section 6A(1D) was inserted by section 32(1)(b) of the 2003 Act.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005
- 3Article 3
- 4Article 4
- 5Article 5
- 6Article 6
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencementI1
This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019 and comes into force on 1 April 2019.
2Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005I1
The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 M1 is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 6.
3I1
For article 2(1)(b)(ii) (electricity generation) substitute—
“(ii)the primary source of energy in such generation is biomass, the use of wind, wave, water, tidal or solar power, or the burning of refuse.”.
4I1
In the definition of “a Company” in article 3(2) (electricity transmission and distribution), in sub-paragraph (b)(iii) for “SP Transmission Limited” substitute “ SP Transmission PLC ”.
5I1
In the definition of “Company” in article 4(3) (gas), omit “at the date of this Order” in both places where it occurs.
6I1
For article 7A(2) (fixed line telecommunications) substitute—
“(2)A “fixed line operator”, for the purposes of this article, is any of the companies registered with the following names and registration numbers—
Company name Registration number AtlasConnect Limited SC241790 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company 01800000 Cityfibre Limited 09759465 Centurylink Communications UK Limited F102495998 Easynet Limited 02954343 Entanet International Limited 03274237 Everything Everywhere Limited 08263590 Gamma Telecom Ltd 04340834 GEO Networks Limited 04614924 Hutchison 3G UK Limited 03885486 JISC 05747339 JISC Services Limited 02881024 NEOS Networks Limited 03477297 NTL Business Limited 03076222 Oath (UK) Limited 03462696 F2. . . . . . F3. . . . . . Pipex Communications Services Limited 03059016 Pulsant (Scotland) Limited SC236128 Sky Home Communications Limited 05262862 F4Sky Telecommunications Services Limited 02883980 Smallworld Cable Limited 05679836 SSE Telecommunications Limited SC213457 F5Talktalk Communications Limited 03849133 Telefonica UK Limited 01743099 Thus Group Holdings Limited SC192666 Tiscali UK Limited 03408171 Verizon UK Limited 02776038 Virgin Media Limited 02591237 Vodafone Enterprise U.K. 01541957 Vodafone Limited 01471587 Interoute Vtesse Limited 03900836. ”.
Signature
DEREK MACKAY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 (“the 2005 Order”).
The amendments relate to specified lands and heritages which are to be treated as if they justify only one entry in a single valuation roll, despite being situated in areas covered by different rolls. Mostly, they update references to operators in the 2005 Order.
Article 3 amends the 2005 Order to add solar power and biomass as primary sources of energy in the generation of electricity, for the purpose of identifying persons carrying on undertakings to whom that Order applies.
Article 5 omits unnecessary references in the 2005 Order to the date of registration of companies.
Article 6 replaces a table which details companies to be regarded as “fixed line operators” for the purposes of entry in a single valuation roll. Article 6 also, like article 5, omits an unnecessary reference in the 2005 Order to the date of registration of companies, by not including such a reference in the text it substitutes into the 2005 Order.