# The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019 S.S.I. 2019/45 · made 14 February 2019 · revised to 1 April 2019 This Order amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 (“the 2005 Order”). PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-valuation-of-utilities-scotland-amendment-order-2019/pdf/ssi_20190045_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-valuation-of-utilities-scotland-amendment-order-2019/pdf/ssipn_20190045_en.pdf ## Introductory text 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 and all other powers enabling them to do so. In accordance with section 6A(1D) that Act they have consulted such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think appropriate. ## 1 Citation and commencement 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. ## 2 Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 6. ## 3 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.”. ## 4 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 ”. ## 5 In the definition of “Company” in article 4(3) (gas), omit “at the date of this Order” in both places where it occurs. ## 6 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 02495998 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . Pipex Communications Services Limited 03059016 Pulsant (Scotland) Limited SC236128 Sky Home Communications Limited 05262862 Sky Telecommunications Services Limited 02883980 Smallworld Cable Limited 05679836 SSE Telecommunications Limited SC213457 Talktalk 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/45 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-valuation-of-utilities-scotland-amendment-order-2019 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.