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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.
2. The Schedule (designated rural areas) to the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997(1) 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
8th March 2004