An Act to amend the Act Seventeenth and Eighteenth of Victoria for the Valuation of Lands in Scotland.
[25th August 1857]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title “The Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1857” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Act repealed by Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1867 (c. 80), s. 11 in so far as necessary to give effect to the provisions of that Act
C3Act amended by Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1879 (c. 42); applied with modifications (15.8.1975) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), ss. 4(9), 39(2)
C4Functions of Commissioners of Supply now exercisable by regional or islands councils: Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (c. 50), s. 11(1), Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (c. 25), s. 2(1)(d) and Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), ss. 1, 2, 116(1)(8)
C5Act amended with the substitution for any reference to a specified officer of a local authority as a reference to the proper officer of a local authority by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. I para. 2 subject as in that paragraph mentioned
C6Preamble recites Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854 (c. 91) and is omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
C7Words of enactment repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
C8Act explained by National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 16, SIF 78), s. 20
C9Act modified by Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47, SIF 77:2), ss. 1 (6), 43, 45, Sch. 1 para. 2 (4), Sch. 4 para. 3 (1)
C10Act modified by Dockyard Services Act 1986 (c. 52, SIF 58), s. 3 (1) (c)
C11Act modified by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 103:2), ss. 4 (1), 26 (1)
C12Act applied by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 103:2), ss. 5 (7), 6 (1)
C13Act applied (S.)(prosp.) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), ss. 111(9), 119(2) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4)).
C14Act applied (S.) (1.4.1992) by Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60), s. 22(3)(as substituted (1.4.1992) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 117(1), Sch. 13, para. 10) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4)); S.I. 1992/818, art. 2(a)
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent
It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Supply of each county and the magistrates of each burgh in Scotland respectively, if they shall think fit, to appoint the officer or officers of Inland Revenue, having the survey of the income tax . . . F2 within such county or burgh, to be the assessors or assessor for the purpose of the said Act; and such officer or officers when so appointed, as long as such appointments remain unrecalled, shall in all respects and for all the purposes aforesaid stand in the place of and shall have, use, exercise, and perform all the powers and duties of the person or persons whom the said Commissioners and magistrates respectively are authorized to appoint for the like purposes, under or by virtue of the third section of the said Act; and in such case the expense attending the making up of valuation rolls by such officer or officers shall be defrayed by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, or as the Treasury shall direct in that behalf.]
Textual Amendments
F1S.1 repealed by Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60), Sch. 7 Pt. III but reproduced for the purpose of construing the remaining provisions of this Act
F2Words repealed by Finance Act 1924 (c. 21), Sch. 3
Textual Amendments
Provided always, that if in any county or burgh the said Commissioners or magistrates shall not appoint the officers of Inland Revenue to be such assessors as aforesaid, then no valuation made under the said Act by any other assessor or assessors shall be conclusive against or for the purpose of reducing, on appeal or otherwise, any assessment, rate, or charge under any Act of Parliament relating to the duties of Excise, . . . F4 or income tax, or any other duties, rates, or taxes under the care or management of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.
Textual Amendments
F4Words repealed by Finance Act 1924 (c. 21), Sch. 3 and Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 14 Pt VI
Textual Amendments
F5S. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. XIV