2017 No. 42
Rating And Valuation

The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A(1)(aa) and (1B) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 19561 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 6A(1D) of that Act2 they have consulted with such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think appropriate.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st April 2017.

Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 20052.

(1)

The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 20053 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the table forming part of article 7A(2) (fixed line telecommunications)4—

(a)

in the first column (Company name) for—

(i)

“Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited” substitute “Level 3 Communications UK Limited”; and

(ii)

“The JNT Association” substitute “JISC Services Limited”;

(b)

after the entry for “Cable & Wireless U.K” insert—

(i)

in the first column “Cityfibre Limited”; and

(ii)

for the corresponding entry in the second column (registration number) “09759465”; and

(c)

after the entry for “Hutchison 3G UK Limited” insert—

(i)

in the first column “JISC”; and

(ii)

for the corresponding entry in the second column “05747339”.

DEREK MACKAY
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 to reflect the change in name of 2 companies that are already “fixed line operators” for the purposes of article 7A of the 2005 Order and to add 2 further companies to that list.