Citation and commencement

1.

This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.

Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997

2.

The Schedule (designated rural areas) to the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 19972 is amended as follows.

3.

In column 2 (excluded localities) omit the entries for–

(a)

“Boddam” in the local authority area of Aberdeenshire;

(b)

“Gretna” in the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway; and

(c)

“High Valleyfield” and “Lundin Links” in the local authority area of Fife.

4.

In column 3 omit the entries for–

(a)

“Twechar” in the local authority area of East Dunbartonshire;

(b)

“Springfield” and “Stratheden” in the local authority area of Fife;

(c)

“Queenzieburn” in the local authority area of North Lanarkshire;

(d)

“Murieston” in the local authority area of West Lothian;

(e)

“Findhorn” in the local authority area of Moray; and

(f)

“Brookfield” in the local authority area of Renfrewshire.

ANDREW P KERR
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh