(1)In section 4 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962 (which provides for reduction and remission of rates payable by charitable and other organisations)—
(a)in subsection (2)—
(i)after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the words— “; or
(c)are within any such category as the Secretary of State may by order specify, being a category of lands and heritages which are not used for profit-making purposes, which are wholly or mainly used as residential accommodation for persons living separately from any family and in which certain facilities are shared by those persons,” ;
(ii)after the words “described in” there shall be inserted the word “—(i) ” ; and
(iii)after the words “one-half” there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(ii)paragraph (c) of this subsection shall not exceed such fraction (and different fractions may be specified for different cases) as the Secretary of State may by the said order specify,” ;
(b)in subsection (5)(a), for the words “or (b)” there shall be substituted the words “(b) or (c) ” ; and
(c)at the end there shall be added the following subsection—
“(12)An order under subsection (2)(c) of this section shall have no effect until approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.”.
(2)Where the Secretary of State has power under paragraph (c) of section 4(2) of the said Act of 1962 (the which paragraph is inserted by subsection (1) above) to specify a category of lands and heritages he may instead or in addition prescribe a method whereby the values of, or of certain of, those lands and heritages are, for the purpose of making up any valuation roll, to be ascertained.
(3)Prescription under subsection (2) above shall be by order made by statutory instrument; and such order shall have no effect until approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 5(1), 6, 7, 9(2), 10–13, 20, 21, 22(a)–(c) 23, 31, 36–50, 56–59, 60(1)(a)(b)(2), 66, Sch. 1 Pt. II, Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.