{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-valuation-of-utilities-scotland-amendment-order-2020/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2020/44",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-valuation-of-utilities-scotland-amendment-order-2020",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005",
  "text": "(1) The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 is amended as follows.\n(2) For article 7A(2) (fixed line telecommunications) substitute—\n“(2) A “fixed line operator”, for the purposes of this article, is any of the companies registered with the following names and registration numbers—\nCompany name\nRegistration number\nAtlasConnect Limited\nSC241790\nAxione UK Limited\n08434202\nBritish Telecommunications Public Limited Company\n01800000\nCenturylink Communications UK Limited\n02495998\nCityfibre Limited\n09759465\nCogent Communications UK Ltd\n04014628\nDaisy Group Holdings Limited\n09162741\nEE Limited\n02382161\nEntanet International Limited\n03274237\nEverything Everywhere Limited\n08263590\nFibrenest Limited\n06962197\nGamma Telecom Ltd\n04340834\nHutchison 3G UK Limited\n03885486\nHyperoptic Ltd\n07222543\nInteroute Communications Holdings Limited\n04927540\nInteroute Communications Limited\n04472687\nInteroute Vtesse Limited\n03900836\nJISC\n05747339\nJISC Services Limited\n02881024\nNEOS Networks Limited\n03477297\nNTL Business Limited\n03076222\nOath (UK) Limited\n03462696\nPipex Communications Services Limited\n03059016\nPulsant (Scotland) Limited\nSC236128\nSky Home Communications Limited\n05262862\nSky Telecommunications Services Limited\n02883980\nSSE Telecommunications Limited\nSC213457\nTalktalk Communications Limited\n03849133\nTelefonica UK Limited\n01743099\nThus Group Holdings Limited\nSC192666\nTiscali UK Limited\n03408171\nVerizon UK Limited\n02776038\nVirgin Media Limited\n02591237\nVodafone Enterprise U.K.\n01541957\nVodafone Limited\n01471587\nZayo Group UK Limited\n03726666.\n”.\n(3) After article 9 (powers of assessors), insert—\n“Entries otherwise than as directed by this Order\n9A. (1) The entering of lands and heritages in a valuation roll otherwise than as directed by this Order does not affect the validity of the entry or any action taken in consequence of that entry.\n(2) Where it comes to the attention of the assessor designated to value lands and heritages under article 8 that lands and heritages have not been entered as directed by this Order in the valuation roll for which that assessor is responsible, that assessor must—\n(a) where the lands and heritages are not entered in the valuation roll for that assessor’s valuation area—\n(i) make arrangements with the assessor for the valuation area of the roll in which the lands and heritages have been entered for that entry to be altered or removed, and\n(ii) enter the lands and heritages in the valuation roll as directed by this Order with effect from the same date as the alteration or removal of the other entry takes effect,\n(b) where the lands and heritages are entered in the valuation roll for that assessor’s valuation area, but are not the subject of a single entry in that roll—\n(i) alter or remove the entry, and\n(ii) enter the lands and heritages as directed by this Order with effect from the same date as the alteration or removal of the other entry takes effect.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2005/127, amended by S.S.I. 2005/320, S.S.I. 2009/196, S.S.I. 2010/78, S.S.I. 2011/75, S.S.I. 2013/36, S.S.I. 2014/64, S.S.I. 2015/50, S.S.I. 2017/42, S.S.I. 2019/42, S.S.I. 2019/45 and S.S.I 2019/77."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/44/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:03:39.597482+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}