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Textual Amendments
F1S. 10 repealed (1.4.1992) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 117(2), Sch.14 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4)); S.I. 1992/818, art. 2,Sch.
The power to make orders conferred on the Secretary of State by section 109 of the Act of 1948 (which relates to payments by transport authorities for the benefit of local authorities) shall include power to make orders amending either or both of the amounts certified by him for the purpose of determining the standard amount for the Railways Board under subsection (3) of section 66 of the M1Transport Act 1962.]
Textual Amendments
F2S. 11 repealed for any year commencing on or after 1.4.1978 so far as relating to the Board (the British Railways Board, the National Freight Corporation and any subsidiary of that Board and Corporation) in Scotland, by S.I. 1978/1174, art. 9, Sch. 2
Marginal Citations
(1)For the purposes of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1956 (which relates to the valuation and rating of Gas Boards) the basic rateable valuation of the Scottish Gas Board shall (subject to the following provisions of this section) be six hundred and fifteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-six pounds:
Provided that this subsection shall not affect the liability to rates of the said Board in respect of any period before the year [F4subsequent to the year following the appointed day.]
(2)If it appears to the Secretary of State that by reason of any substantial change of circumstances it is expedient so to do, he may by order, made after consultation with the Gas Board concerned, the Scottish Valuation Advisory Council and such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned, vary the basic rateable valuation of any Gas Board; but an order under this subsection shall not have effect unless approved by a resolution of the Commons House of Parliament.
(3)The said Schedule shall as respects the years 1963-64 and subsequent years have effect as if—
(a)in paragraph 1 for the expression “1961-62” there were substituted the expression “1963-64”;
(b)paragraphs 2, 7 and 8, and in paragraph 3 the words “and subject to the provisions of paragraph 8 thereof”, were omitted; and
(c)in paragraph 9 after the word “Assessor” there were inserted the words “of Public Undertakings (Scotland) (hereinafter referred to as ”the Assessor’)”.
[F5(4)In this section the expression “the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 1(1) of the M2Gas Act 1972.]]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 12 repealed so far as relating to the British Gas Corporation in Scotland for any year commencing on or after 1.4.1978 by S.I. 1978/1176, art. 9, Sch.
F4Words substituted by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 6 para. 11(b)
F5S. 12(4) added by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 6 para. 11(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 12 amended by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 6 para. 11(a)
Marginal Citations
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
(2)(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
(c)(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
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(3)(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
(6)–(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
Textual Amendments
F6S. 13(1)(2)(b)(e)(3)(4)(6)–(8) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), s. 39(2), Sch. 7
F7S. 13(2)(a)(c)(d)(5) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 7
F8Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), s. 39(2), Sch. 7
(1)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of section 7 of the Act of 1956 (which relates amongst other things to the definition of agricultural buildings)—
(a)a building (other than a dwelling-house) which is occupied by any person, and is used solely in connection with agricultural operations carried on by that person on any agricultural land (other than the building) whether adjacent to the building or not, being agricultural land occupied by that person, and
(b)any land occupied together with any such building and used solely in connection with the use of the building,
shall be treated as respects the year 1963-64 and subsequent years as agricultural lands and heritages for the purposes of subsection (3) of the said section 7 (which provides that no agricultural lands and heritages shall be entered in the valuation roll).
(2)The foregoing subsection shall apply to a building occupied by or on behalf of an association to which this subsection applies and to any land occupied together therewith as it applies to a building occupied by a person and to any land occupied therewith, but with the following modifications:—
(a)for the reference in paragraph (a) thereof to agricultural operations carried on by the person there shall be substituted a reference to such operations carried on by the association or any member thereof; and
(b)for the reference in the said paragraph (a) to agricultural land occupied by the person there shall be substituted a reference to such land occupied by or on behalf of the association or by any member thereof.
(3)The last foregoing subsection applies to any association of not more than twenty persons who are jointly and severally liable for any debts of the association.
[F9(4)In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section whether a building used in any way is solely so used during any year, no account shall be taken of any time in that year during which it is used in any other way, if that time does not amount to a substantial part of that year.]
Textual Amendments
F9S. 14(4) added by Rating Act 1971 (c. 39), s. 9(b)
(1)In proceedings before a valuation appeal committee [F10or, under section 1(3A) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949, before the Lands Tribunal for Scotland] in respect of lands and heritages situated in any valuation area it shall be competent for the assessor, or the appellant or complainer, to found by way of comparison on lands and heritages situated in any other valuation area [F11or, in accordance with subsections (1A) to (1C) below, on hereditaments in England and Wales.]
[F12(1A)It shall be competent to found, by way of comparison, on hereditaments in England and Wales only if—
(a)there is no evidence available as to lands and heritages in Scotland comparable to those which are the subject of the proceedings; or
(b)such evidence as is available in that regard is not adequate to enable the committee or, as the case may be, the Lands Tribunal for Scotland to draw conclusions as to the rent at which the lands and heritages which are the subject of the proceedings might reasonably be expected to let from year to year in the circumstances mentioned in . . . F136(8) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (ascertainment of . . . F13values by reference to expected rent).
(1B)[F14The rateable value ascribed in the non-domestic rating list maintained under the Local Government Finance Act 1988] to a hereditament in England and Wales [F15such as is mentioned in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 6 to that Act] shall, for the purposes of subsections (1) and (1A) above, be treated as equal to the rent at which the hereditament (as at the date as at which its [F16rateable] value was ascribed to it) might reasonably be expected to let from year to year if the tenant undertook to pay all usual tenants’ rates and taxes and to bear the cost of the repairs and insurance and the other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain the hereditament in a state to command that rent.
[F17(1BA)The rateable value ascribed in the non-domestic rating list maintained under the Local Government Finance Act 1988 to a hereditament in England and Wales such as is mentioned in paragraph 2(1A) of Schedule 6 to that Act shall, for the purposes of subsections (1) and (1A) above, be treated as equal to the rent which, assuming such a letting of the hereditament as is required to be assumed for the purposes of subsection (1B) above, would reasonably be attributable to the non-domestic use of property.
(1BB)The rateable value ascribed in the non-domestic rating list maintained under the Local Government Finance Act 1988 to a hereditament in England and Wales such as is mentioned in paragraph 2(1B) of Schedule 6 to that Act shall, for the purposes of subsections (1) and (1A) above, be treated as equal to the rent which, assuming such a letting of the hereditament as is required to be assumed for the purposes of subsection (1B) above, would, as regards the part of the hereditament which is not exempt from local non-domestic rating, be reasonably attributable to the non-domestic use of property.]
(1C)A valuation appeal committee or the Lands Tribunal for Scotland shall, in considering a hereditament in England and Wales by way of comparison in pursuance of this section, make such adjustment as is, in their opinion, necessary—
(a)to its rent as established by the evidence, so as to take account of (amongst any other things) the date at which that rent became payable;
(b)to its rent as established under subsection (1B) [F18, (1BA) or (1BB)] above, so as to take account of (amongst any other things) the date as at which, under [F19the said subsection (1B), (1BA) or (1BB)], that rent is to be treated as payable.]
(2)The Secretary of State may make regulations governing the procedure of the valuation appeal committees established under section [F204 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 and the procedure in appeals and complaints to such committees].
[F21(2AA)A valuation appeal committee, on the joint application of the assessor and an appellant or complainer made within such period as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State, shall refer the appeal or complaint to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland for determination under section 1(3A) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949.]
[F22(2A)The Secretary of State may make regulations [F23as to]—
(a)the circumstances and manner in which an appeal or complaint may be referred to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland in pursuance of subsection (3A) of section 1 of the M3Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (jurisdiction of the Tribunal to determine valuation cases referred to it); . . . F24
(b)the consideration of the appeal or complaint by a valuation appeal committee in a case where the Tribunal have declined under subsection (3B) of that section to proceed to determine it.]
[F25(c)the giving by a valuation appeal committee of reasons for its decision not to refer to the Tribunal any appeal or complaint made to the committee; and
(d)the circumstances and manner in which an appeal may be made to the Tribunal for determination under subsection (3BA) of section 1 of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (jurisdiction of the Tribunal to determine appeal against decision of valuation appeal committee not to refer an appeal or complaint to the Tribunal).]
[F26(3)Regulations under this section may provide for the amendment or repeal of any enactment which is inconsistent with or superseded by any provision contained in the regulations.]
(4)Regulations under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F10Words inserted by Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 31, SIF 103:2), s. 21(1), Sch. 2 para. 9
F11Words inserted by Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 31, SIF 103:2), s. 19
F12S. 15(1A)–(1C) inserted by Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 31, SIF 103:2), s. 19
F13Words expressed to be repealed by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 103:2), s. 34, Sch. 6
F14Words in s. 15(1B) substituted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 60(3)(a)(i); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(b)(c)(iv)
F15Words in s. 15(1B) inserted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 60(3)(a)(ii); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(b)(c)(iv)
F16Words in s. 15(1B) substituted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 60(3)(a)(iii); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(b)(c)(iv)
F17S. 15(1BA)(1BB) substituted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 60(3)(b); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(b)(c)(iv)
F18Words in s. 15(1C)(b) inserted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 60(3)(c)(i); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(b)(c)(iv)
F19Words in s. 15(1C)(b) substituted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 60(3)(c)(ii); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(b)(c)(iv)
F20Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 25(a)
F21S. 15(2AA) inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 145, Sch. 6 para. 2(a)
F22S. 15(2A) inserted by Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 31, SIF 103:2), s. 12(2)
F23Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:2), s. 145, Sch. 6 para. 2(b)(i)
F24Word repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:2), s. 145, Sch. 6 para. 2(b)(ii)
F25S. 15(2A)(c)(d) added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:2), s. 145, Sch. 6 para. 2(b)(iii)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 15 excluded (6.3.1992) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 82(5) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F27S. 16 repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29
Section 240 of the Act of 1947 (which empowers rating authorities to levy rates on owners, instead of occupiers, in certain cases) shall not authorise the retention by a rating authority of any portion of a rate paid by an owner under that section in respect of any period during which the lands and heritages concerned are unoccupied; and accordingly in that section for the words “fails to recover the amount payable by any such occupier” there shall be substituted the words “is unable to recover the amount paid by him to the rating authority”.
Notwithstanding anything in the definition of “occupier” in subsection (1) of section 379 of the Act of 1947, lands and heritages shall not be deemed for the purposes of section 24 of the M4Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 to be occupied as respects the year 1994-95 or any subsequent year by reason only that they are subject to a tenancy or sub-tenancy.]
Textual Amendments
F28S. 18 substituted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 60(4); S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(b)(c)(iii)
Marginal Citations
(1)Any lands and heritages—
(a)which consist of a park vested in or under the control of a local authority; and
(b)from which the local authority does not derive net profit,
shall not be entered in the valuation roll for the year 1963-64 or any subsequent year:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any building comprised in any such park unless it is used for purposes ancillary to those of the park.
(2)In this section . . . F29the expression “park” includes any recreation ground or pleasure ground.
Textual Amendments
F29Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 122, Sch. 9 para. 55, Sch. 29
(1)Where [F30, notwithstanding section 2(2)(d) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 or any entry in a valuation roll which is no longer in force,] it is shown to the satisfaction of a rating authority that any amount has been paid to them in respect of rates by reason of an error of fact, and the amount is not recoverable apart from this section, the authority shall repay the amount to the person from whom they received it or to any other person appearing to them to be entitled to that person’s interest:
Provided that no repayment under this subsection shall be made after the end of the sixth year after that in respect of which the amount was paid, unless application therefor was before that time.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31
Textual Amendments
Textual Amendments
F32S. 21 repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), s. 39(2), Sch. 7
The Act of 1956 shall have effect subject to the following modifications, being modifications in provisions relating to valuation or rating:—
(a)(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33
(c)paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 7 of that Act (which relates to the net annual value and rateable value of a dwelling-house occupied in connection with any agricultural lands and heritages situated within the counties to which the Crofters (Scotland) Acts 1955 and 1961 apply) shall have effect as if for the words “fifty acres”there were substituted the words “seventy-five acres”;
(d)the power conferred on the Secretary of State by section 13 of that Act to prescribe dates and periods for certain purposes shall include the power to prescribe different dates and periods for those purposes [F34as he may consider appropriate]
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33
Textual Amendments
F33S. 22(a)(b)(e) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 7
F34Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 26
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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