# The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order puts in place a new regime for the valuation of certain utilities whose values were previously prescribed in various orders made under section 6 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975. This Order designates particular assessors to value the lands and heritages for each utility covered by the Order.
Articles 2 to 7 specify the lands and heritages to be valued within each of the utilities and treated as a single entry in the valuation roll for the area specified in each article.
Article 8 and the Schedule designate assessors to value the lands and heritages of each of the utilities specified in articles 2 to 7.
Article 9 provides that an assessor designated under article 8 shall have equivalent powers in relation to each valuation area in which there are lands and heritages to be valued in pursuance of the Order to those that assessor has in relation to the area of the joint board or valuation authority which appointed that assessor.
Article 10 states that a valuation appeal committee constituted in relation to the area of the joint board or valuation authority which appointed the assessor designated under article 8 may hear and determine appeals and complaints under the Valuation Acts in relation to assessments made by virtue of the Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/127/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-valuation-of-utilities-scotland-order-2005/note
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