The Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (Scotland) Order 2005

Made: 1st March 2005

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 3rd March 2005

Coming into force: 1st April 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 3A(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

Prescribed amount

2

For the purposes of paragraph 3A(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (mandatory relief), the amount prescribed is £7,000.

Revocation

3

The Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (Scotland) Order 2003[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

Signed

TOM McCABE — A member of the Scottish Executive — 1st March 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Paragraph 3A of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 provides for mandatory rate relief on certain former agricultural premises. Article 2 of this Order provides that £7,000 is the maximum rateable value of lands and heritages that can be eligible for such relief.

Article 3 of this Order revokes the Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (Scotland) Order 2003, which previously prescribed the amount to be £6,000.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1997 c. 29; paragraph 3A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1), section 28(3).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2003/142.