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RATING AND VALUATION
Made
16th July 1992
Coming into force
17th July 1992
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6, 35 and 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975((1)) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities, and of persons carrying on undertakings, as appeared to him to be concerned, and with such local authorities, persons, or associations of persons with whom consultation appeared to him to be desirable, all in accordance with section 6(4) of the said Act, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1992 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order shall in accordance with section 6(6) of the 1975 Act have effect as from 1st April 1992.
2.-(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-
"the 1975 Act" means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;
"financial year" means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;
"non-domestic water rate" shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 40 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980((2));
"prescribed class of lands and heritages" means the class of lands and heritages prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act in article 3 of this Order;
"water authority" means-
a water authority within the meaning of section 109(1) of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980; and
a water development board within the meaning of that section; and
"water undertaking" means an undertaking for the supply of water carried on by a water authority.
(2) Any reference in this Order to-
(a)lands and heritages occupied by a water authority includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by that authority; and
(b)lands and heritages used for any purpose includes a reference to lands and heritages which are unused but in relation to which it appears that, when next in use, they will be used for such a purpose.
3. The following class of lands and heritages is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act, namely any lands and heritages in Scotland occupied by a water authority and used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the water undertaking carried on by that authority.
4. The non-domestic water rate shall not be leviable in respect of the prescribed class of lands and heritages in respect of the financial year 1992-93.
5. For the purposes of section 6(1) and (2) of the 1975 Act, in relation to the financial year 1992-93-
(a)the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages occupied by each water authority specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is prescribed as the amount specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of that water authority; and
(b)the aggregate amount of the rateable values prescribed in relation to each water authority specified in column 1 of that Schedule is apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 3 of that Schedule opposite to the name of that water authority in the amount shown opposite to the name of each such local authority in column 4 of that Schedule.
6. For the purposes of section 6(5) of the 1975 Act, the following amendments shall be made to the enactments specified in articles 7 and 8 below in their relation to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1992-93.
7. In section 6(1) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956((3)), after the words "this Act ", there shall be inserted the words "and to any Order made by the Secretary of State under section 6 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975".
8.-(1) Section 2(1)(c) of the 1975 Act shall be amended by inserting at the end the following:
"(iii)upon their ceasing to be lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1992 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the 1992 Order");".
(2) Section 2(1)(d) of that Act shall be amended by inserting after the words "lands and heritages " the following words:-
"(other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1992 Order)".
(3) After paragraph (g) of section 2(1) of that Act there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:-
"(gg)by deleting therefrom, with effect from 1st April 1992, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1992 Order which were entered in the roll before the date of coming into force of that Order;
(ggg)by entering therein, with effect from 1st April 1992, in relation to each water authority as defined in the 1992 Order, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in that Order together with the rateable values apportioned to the local authorities whose areas comprise or form part of the valuation area in accordance with article 5 of that Order;".
(4) In section 3(2) of that Act, for the words from "and any such person " to the end, there shall be substituted the following:-
"and, where the entry relates to any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1992 Order, any such person may at any time while the roll is in force appeal against the entry but only on the ground that there is a clerical error in that entry.".
(5) In section 3(4) of that Act, after the words "lands and heritages " where they appear for the first time, there shall be inserted the following:-
"(other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1992 Order)".
9. The Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990((4)) and the Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1991((5)) are hereby revoked.
Allan Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
16th July 1992
Article 5
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water authority | Aggregate amount of rateable values | Local authorities | Apportioned amounts |
| District Councils | |||
| Central Scotland Water Development Board | £1, 265,216 | Falkirk | £11,720 |
| Stirling | 59,137 | ||
| West Lothian | 1,737 | ||
| Clydebank | 1,081 | ||
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 14,158 | ||
| Dumbarton | 566,952 | ||
| Monklands | 28,620 | ||
| Strathkelvin | 342,246 | ||
| Perth and Kinross | 239,565 | ||
| Borders Regional Council | £525,078 | Berwickshire | £100,678 |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | 185,657 | ||
| Roxburgh | 180,894 | ||
| Tweeddale | 57,533 | ||
| East Lothian | 166 | ||
| Central Regional Council | £2,892,919 | Clackmannan | £256,070 |
| Falkirk | 1,622,291 | ||
| Stirling | 647,708 | ||
| Bearsden and Milngavie | 260 | ||
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 245,768 | ||
| Strathkelvin | 120,822 | ||
| Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council | £1,034,759 | Annandale and Eskdale | £276,676 |
| Nithsdale | 371,577 | ||
| Stewartry | 162,689 | ||
| Wigtown | 223,817 | ||
| Fife Regional Council | £2,014,612 | Clackmannan | £206,900 |
| Dunfermline | 549,897 | ||
| Kirkcaldy | 493,508 | ||
| North East Fife | 295,706 | ||
| Perth and Kinross | 468,601 | ||
| Grampian Regional Council | £2,358,610 | Banff and Buchan | £516,634 |
| City of Aberdeen | 911,060 | ||
| Gordon | 182,810 | ||
| Kincardine and Deeside | 401,639 | ||
| Moray | 346,467 | ||
| Highland Regional Council | £1,277,672 | Badenoch and Strathspey | £79,411 |
| Caithness | 180,316 | ||
| Inverness | 404,329 | ||
| Lochaber | 107,965 | ||
| Nairn | 54,858 | ||
| Ross and Cromarty | 331,200 | ||
| Skye and Lochalsh | 56,570 | ||
| Sutherland | 63,023 | ||
| Lothian Regional Council | £3,906,858 | Ettrick and Lauderdale | £110,978 |
| Tweeddale | 355,191 | ||
| City of Edinburgh | 2,099,097 | ||
| East Lothian | 461,911 | ||
| Midlothian | 374,417 | ||
| West Lothian | 493,951 | ||
| Clydesdale | 11,313 | ||
| Strathclyde Regional Council | £14,798,309 | Tweeddale | £88 |
| Stirling | 1,513,175 | ||
| Argyll and Bute | 372,685 | ||
| Bearsden and Milngavie | 885,425 | ||
| Clydebank | 241,094 | ||
| Clydesdale | 833,750 | ||
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | 253,746 | ||
| Cunninghame | 1,150,016 | ||
| Dumbarton | 537,747 | ||
| East Kilbride | 394,669 | ||
| Eastwood | 389,013 | ||
| City of Glasgow | 3,295,372 | ||
| Hamilton | 416,328 | ||
| Inverclyde | 588,881 | ||
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 409,716 | ||
| Kyle and Carrick | 1,024,167 | ||
| Monklands | 402,732 | ||
| Motherwell | 774,125 | ||
| Renfrew | 1,047,036 | ||
| Strathkelvin | 268,544 | ||
| Tayside Regional Council | £1,915,778 | Angus | £750,930 |
| City of Dundee | 717,513 | ||
| Perth and Kinross | 447,335 | ||
| Island Councils | |||
| Orkney Islands Council | £130,961 | Orkney | £130,961 |
| Western Isles Islands Council | £185,038 | Western Isles | £185,038 |
| Shetland Islands Council | £183,679 | Shetland | £183,679 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision for the valuation for the financial year 1992-93 of certain lands and heritages ( "the prescribed class of lands and heritages ") occupied by the water authorities specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order ( "the authorities ") and used wholly or mainly for the purposes of water undertakings carried on by the authorities.
The Order prescribes the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for that financial year in the case of each authority specified in the Schedule. It also apportions that aggregate amount among local authorities in accordance with columns 3 and 4 of the Schedule to the Order (article 5).
The Order provides that the non-domestic water rate shall not be leviable in respect of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for that financial year (article 4).
The Order amends certain enactments relating to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages and revokes Order for financial years 1990-91 and 1991-92 concerning water undertakings (articles 6 to 9).
By virtue of section 6(6) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, as amended, the Order has effect from 1st April 1992.
1975 c. 30; section 6(1) to (7) was substituted by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 4), section 1, and section 6(1) subsequently amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 12, paragraph 11 and by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 13, paragraph 42; section 6(1A) was inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 6, paragraph 18; section 37(1) contains a definition of "prescribed " which is relevant to the exercise of the powers under which this Order is made.
1980 c. 45; section 40 was substituted by the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47), Schedule 5, paragraph 29, and amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Schedule 6, paragraph 16 and Schedule 12, Part II.
1956 c. 60; section 6(1) was amended by the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47), Schedule 6 and the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 6, paragraph 3.
S.I. 1990/856.
S.I. 1991/942.