2023 No. 26

Rating And Valuation

The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Sites of Reverse Vending Machines) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(8A) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 19561 and section 153 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19942 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Sites of Reverse Vending Machines) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1 April 2023.

2

In these Regulations—

  • “lands and heritages” has the meaning prescribed by and under section 42 of the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 18543,

  • “relevant container” means a sealed container designed for a single use supply of a drink to a consumer, the supply of which includes a refundable deposit, and

  • “reverse vending machine” means a mechanical device, that—

    1. a

      is designed to receive, identify and process used relevant containers, and

    2. b

      provides a means for refund of the deposit paid on a used relevant container received by the device,

and where a device is provided partly to process used relevant containers and partly for other purposes, it is not a reverse vending machine unless its main intended purpose is the processing of used relevant containers.

Disregard of parts of lands and heritages used as sites of reverse vending machines2

In determining the net annual value of lands and heritages under section 6(8) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 19564, no account is to be taken of any part of lands and heritages which is used only in connection with the provision or use of a reverse vending machine.

Revocation3

The Non-Domestic Rates (Reverse Vending Machine Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 20205 are revoked.

TOM ARTHURAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s HouseEdinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide that, in working out the net annual value of lands and heritages under section 6(8) of the Rating and Valuation (Scotland) Act 1956 (“the 1956 Act”), no account is to be taken of the part of lands and heritages used solely in connection with the provision or use of a reverse vending machine. The rateable value of lands and heritages is the net annual value, applying section 6(9) of the 1956 Act.

The Regulations also provide for the revocation of the Non-Domestic Rates (Reverse Vending Machine Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2020, which currently provide for non-domestic rates relief in relation to lands and heritages used wholly or mainly for the provision of reverse vending machines, with effect from 1 April 2023.