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1990 No. 837 (S.107)

RATING AND VALUATION

The British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990

Made

30th March 1990

Coming into force

1st April 1990

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:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

Interpretation

2.-(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-�

"the 1975 Act" means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;

"the Company" means the Company registered at the date of this Order by the name of British Gas plc.;

"financial year" means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;

"gas" means any substance which is, or if it were in a gaseous state would be, gas within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986(2);

"non-domestic water rate" shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 40 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980(3);

"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; and

"services" means the pipe and other apparatus installed for each consumer between the distribution mains and the consumer's gas meter.

(2) Any reference in this Order to-�

(a)lands and heritages occupied by the Company includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by the Company; 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.

Prescribed class of lands and heritages

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 the Company and used for any of the purposes of production, treatment, transmission, distribution or storage of gas, including plant and equipment installed therein or thereon and, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, gas terminals, gas research stations, pressure reduction stations, governor stations, holder stations, mains, services and radio stations, insofar as any of them is used for any of the foregoing purposes.

Non-domestic water rate

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 1990-91.

Aggregate amount of rateable values for financial year 1990-91

5. For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1990-91 is hereby prescribed as £31,180,000.

Apportionment of aggregate amount of rateable values

6. For the purposes of section 6(2) of the 1975 Act, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1990-91 which is prescribed by article 5 shall be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in the amount shown opposite to the name of each such local authority in column 2 of that Schedule.

Amendment of enactments

7. The following amendments shall be made to the enactments specified in articles 8 and 9 below in their relation to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1990-91.

8. In section 6(1) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956(4), 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".

9.-(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 British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990 (hereinafter referred to as "the 1990 Order");".

(2) Section 2(1)(d) of that Act shall be amended by inserting after the words "lands and heritages" the following words:-�

(3) Section 2(1)(f) of that Act shall be amended by inserting at the end the following:-

(4) Section 2(1)(g) of that Act shall be amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:-�

"(gg)by entering therein any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order together with the rateable values apportioned by that Order to the local authorities whose areas comprise or form part of the valuation area;".

(5) In section 2(2)(a) of that Act, after the reference to "subsection (1)(a)", insert the words "or (gg)".

(6) In section 3(2) of that Act, after the reference to "2(1)(g)", insert the words "or (gg)".

(7) 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:-�

Revocation

10. The British Gas Corporation (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1985(5) is hereby revoked.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

30th March 1990

Article 6

SCHEDULEApportionment of aggregate amount of rateable values of prescribed class of lands and heritages for financial year 1990-91

(1)(2)
Local authorityApportioned amount
District Councils:-�
Berwickshire£ 441,709
Ettrick and Lauderdale 285,623
Roxburgh 77,116
Tweeddale 50,914
Clackmannan 164,679
Falkirk 967,268
Stirling 581,985
Annandale and Eskdale 1,393,440
Nithsdale 158,546
Stewartry 25,338
Wigtown 25,286
Dunfermline 515,853
Kirkcaldy 619,931
North East Fife 642,115
Aberdeen City 1,100,463
Banff and Buchan 2,832,867
Gordon 1,595,716
Kincardine and Deeside 1,420,866
Moray 200,418
Caithness 16,066
Inverness 134,878
Nairn 18,193
Ross and Cromarty 5,859
East Lothian 506,436
Edinburgh City 1,695,121
Midlothian 358,014
West Lothian 1,670,477
Argyll and Bute 72,202
Bearsden and Milngavie 148,609
Clydebank 106,223
Clydesdale 894,914
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 151,717
Cumnock and Doon Valley 40,444
Cunninghame 578,044
Dumbarton 292,618
East Kilbride 283,110
Eastwood 241,707
Glasgow City 2,180,613
Hamilton 386,362
Inverclyde 258,501
Kilmarnock and Loudon 276,065
Kyle and Carrick 345,975
Monklands 992,072
Motherwell 1,000,097
Renfrew 657,092
Strathkelvin 283,823
Angus 2,191,905
Dundee City 646,258
Perth and Kinross 1,639,264
Islands Council
Western Isles 7,208

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for the valuation for the financial year 1990-91 of certain lands and heritages occupied by British Gas plc. (article 3) ("the prescribed class of lands and heritages").

The Order prescribes the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for that financial year at £31,180,000 (article 5). It also apportions that aggregate amount among local authorities in accordance with the Schedule to the Order (article 6).

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 (articles 7 to 9).

The Order also revokes the British Gas Corporation (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/198).

(1)

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 which comes into force on 1st April 1990; section 6(1A) was inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 6, paragraph 18 which also comes into force on 1st April 1990; section 37(1) contains a definition of "prescribed" which is relevant to the exercise of the powers under which this Order is made.

(3)

1980 c. 45; section 40 was substituted by the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47), Schedule 5, paragraph 29.

(4)

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.

(5)

S.I. 1985/198.


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