# The Standard and Collective Community Charges (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/1004 · made 13 June 1989

These Regulations amend the Standard and Collective Community Charges (Scotland) Regulations 1988 by prescribing an additional class of premises in respect of which the standard community charge and standard community water charge are not payable, namely certain agricultural dwellinghouses which are unoccupied and unfurnished.

Made under: Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (repealed)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/standard-and-collective-community-charges-scotland-amendment-regulations-1989/pdf/uksi_19891004_en.pdf

## Introductory text

COMMUNITY CHARGES, SCOTLAND
WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND
Made 13th June 1989
Laid before Parliament 15th June 1989
Coming into force 1st July 1989
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 10(2) and (3), 26(1) and 31(3) of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987(), and those sections as read with paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to that Act() and with the Community Water Charges (Scotland) Regulations 1988() made thereunder, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Standard and Collective Community Charges (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st July 1989.

## 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Standard and Collective Community Charges (Scotland) Regulations 1988.

## 3 Amendment of principal Regulations

Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (standard community charge-prescribed excepted classes of premises)() shall be amended as follows:—
(a) at the end of paragraph (d) the word “and” shall be deleted;
(b) in paragraph (e) for the words “the dwellinghouse.” there shall be substituted the words “the dwellinghouse; and” ;
(c) after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“(f) a dwellinghouse—
(i) which is situated on lands and heritages used for agricultural or pastoral purposes only, or as woodlands, market gardens, orchards, allotments or allotment gardens, or on lands exceeding one tenth of an hectare used for the purpose of poultry farming,
(ii) which is unoccupied and unfurnished, and
(iii) which, when last occupied and used, was occupied together with and used in connection with the lands and heritages on which the dwellinghouse is situated, together with any garden, yard, garage, outhouse or pertinent belonging to or occupied along with that dwellinghouse.”.

## Signature

Ian Lang
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
13th June 1989

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Standard and Collective Community Charges (Scotland) Regulations 1988 by prescribing an additional class of premises in respect of which the standard community charge and standard community water charge are not payable, namely certain agricultural dwellinghouses which are unoccupied and unfurnished.

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