Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (repealed)

15 Amendment of register.F9 S

(1) As from the date of coming into force of the register, it may be amended by the registration officer at any time and amendments may be made with retrospective, immediate or prospective effect, except that—

(a) the maximum period for which an amendment can be made with retrospective effect is two years; and

(b) no amendment of the collective community charge multiplier in respect of any premises shall be made or take effect until three months, or such other period as may be prescribed, after the date when the current entry is made or takes effect, whichever is later.

(2) The registration officer may at any time alter the register to correct any clerical or typographical error in any entry and subsection (1)(b) above and subsections (3) and (5) below shall not apply to any such alteration.

(3) The registration officer shall before amending an entry in the register ensure that a record (which need not be in documentary form) is made of the entry [F1 including a note of the date upon which the record is made] and shall retain this record for two years from [F2 that date].

[F3 (4) The provisions of section 20 of this Act relating to the inspection of the register and the obtaining of copies of entries in the register (including such provisions as are prescribed under that section) shall apply, subject to such modifications as may be prescribed, to the inspection or obtaining of copies of a record made under subsection (3) above as they apply to the inspection of or obtaining copies of entries in the register.]

(5) The registration officer shall not be obliged to consult the person registered or to be registered before making [F4 or amending any entry in the register which might affect that person, but, except in the case of an amendment such as is mentioned in subsection (6) below,] he shall, within such period and in such manner as may be prescribed, send to the person who is or was registered—

[F5 (a) a copy of the entry or (as the case may be) the entry as amended; or

(b) where the amendment consists of the deletion of an entry, notification of such deletion]

together with a notice in such form as may be prescribed informing him of—

[F6 (i) the effect of the entry or (as the case may be) of the amendment to the entry in the register;]

(ii) the rights of appeal under section 16 of this Act;

(iii) the requirement imposed by section 18(2) of this Act to notify the registration officer of any changes to be made to the entry;

[F7 (iv) in the case of a new entry, or an amendment of an entry which consists in whole or in part in a change of the address of the sole or main residence of the registered person, his right to apply to the registration officer under section 20A(3) of this Act for a determination that the entry relating to him be a special entry within the meaning of that section].

[F8 (6) Where an amendment requires to be made to an entry in the register in consequence of the death of a registered person, the registration officer shall send to the executors of the deceased notice of the fact that he has, with effect from the date of the deceased’s death, deleted the entry in the register relating to the deceased.

(7) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to the amendment of the register or of any entry in the register shall include a reference to the deletion of such an entry.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words inserted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 24(2)(a)

F2 Words substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 24(2)(b)

F3 S. 15(4) substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 24(3)

F4 Words substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 24(4)(a)

F5 S. 15(5)(a)(b) substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 24(4)(b)

F6 S. 15(5)(i) substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 24(4)(c)

F7 S. 15(5)(iv) added by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 24(4)(d)

F8 S. 15(6)(7) inserted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 24(5)

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F9 Act repealed (prosp.) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), ss. 117(2), 119(2)(e), Sch.14 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4) and saving in s. 118(3) and subject to a saving for Sch. 2 para. 7A (16.8.1993) by S.I. 1993/1780, art. 2 and subject to amendments (11.6.1996) by 1995 c. 18, s. 41(4), Sch. 2 para. 10; S.I. 1996/1509, art. 2, Sch. and (29.11.1999 for specified purposes, otherwise prosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 15; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2) (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)

The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.4.1992) as regards Sch. 1 para. 19 by S.I. 1992/818, para. 2(b), Sch.

The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.10.1992) as regards ss. 3A, 9, 10(7A), 11B, 28, Sch. 2 paras. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 5 paras. 2-5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25 by S.I. 1992/2183, art. 2(d), Sch. (with savings in art. 3)

The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.4.1993) as regards ss. 1-7, 14, 18(2A), 20(10), 25(1)(3), words in s. 26(1), ss. 26(2), 27, 33, Sch. 1, Sch. 3 paras. 1-4, 5(1), 7, Sch. 5 paras. 1, 6, 12, 13, 16, 19A, 20, 22-24, 26-49 by S.I. 1993/575, art. 2, Sch. (with savings in arts. 4, 5(b))