The Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 1995

Made: 14th November 1995

Laid before Parliament: 30th November 1995

Coming into force: 1st January 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 181(4)(a) and 273(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.

Limit of Annual Value

2

The amount prescribed for the purposes of section 181(4)(a) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 is £21,500.

Revocation

3

The Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 1985[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

Signed

George Kynoch — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 14th November 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes £21,500 as the limit of annual value for the purposes of section 181 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (which relates to the circumstances in which authorities may be obliged to purchase interests of owner-occupiers affected by planning proposals) and replaces the limit of £12,000 prescribed by the Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 1985.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 52.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1985/291.