Amendment of enactments
8.—(1) Section 2(1)(c) of the 1975 Act(1) 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 Railways (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1998 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the 1998 Order”);”.
(2) Section 2(1)(d) of that Act shall be amended by inserting after the words “lands and heritages” the following words:–
“(other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1998 Order)”.
(3) After paragraph (f) of section 2(1) of that Act, there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:–
“(ff)by deleting therefrom, with effect from 1st April 1997, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1998 Order which were entered in the roll before the date of coming into force of that Order;
(fff)by entering therein, with effect from 1st April 1997, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1998 Order together with the rateable values apportioned by that Order to the local authority whose area comprises the valuation area;”.
(4) In section 3(2) of that Act(2), for the words from “and any such person” to the end, there shall be substituted the following:–
“and, where the entry relates to any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1998 Order, any such person may at any time while the roll is in force appeal against the entry but only on the ground that there is a clerical error in that entry.”.
(5) In section 3(4) of that Act(3), after the words “lands and heritages” where they appear for the first time, there shall be inserted the following:–
“(other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1998 Order)”.
Section 2(1)(c) was amended by the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29), Schedule 4.
Section 3(2) was amended by the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, Schedule 4.
Section 3(4) was amended by the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, Schedule 3, paragraph 13.