1988 No. 1538 (S.151)

WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND

The Community Water Charges (Scotland) Regulations 1988

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 26(1) and 31(3) of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to, the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Water Charges (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations—

  • the Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987,

and any reference in these Regulations to a section or Schedule is, unless otherwise expressly stated, a reference to a section of, or a Schedule to, the Act.

Application to community water charges3

For the purposes of paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Act (which provides for the provisions of Part II of, and Schedules 1A and 2 to, the Act2 to have effect, subject to paragraphs 7 and 8 (liability to pay community water charges) of Schedule 5 and to such adaptations, exceptions and modifications as may be prescribed, in relation to the community water charges as they have effect in relation to the corresponding community charges), there are prescribed the adaptations, exceptions and modifications set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Ian LangMinister of State, Scottish Office St.Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULEAPPLICATION OF PART II OF, AND SCHEDULES 1A AND 2 TO, THE ACT IN RELATION TO THE COMMUNITY WATER CHARGES

Regulation 3

General1

Subject to the following paragraphs of this Schedule, for any reference in the provisions of Part II of, or Schedule 1A or 2 to, the Act to an expression listed in column 1 of the table below, there shall be substituted a reference to the corresponding expression listed opposite thereto in column 2 of that table:—

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Community charge

Community water charge

Personal community charge

Personal community water charge

Standard community charge

Standard community water charge

Collective community charge

Collective community water charge

Standard community charge contribution

Standard community water charge contribution

Collective community charge contribution

Collective community water charge contribution

Regional community charges

Regional community water charges

Islands community charges

Islands community water charges

Local authority

Regional or islands council.

Section 72

Section 7 shall not apply.

Section 93

Section 9 shall not apply.

Section 1034

1

For subsection (5) of section 10, there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

5

The standard community water charge shall be due to the regional or islands council in the area of which the premises in respect of which it is payable are situated.

2

There shall not be a standard community water charge multiplier and accordingly the references to the standard community charge multiplier in subsections (6) and (7) of that section shall continue to be to that multiplier.

3

In subsections (8) and (8A) of that section, for the words “levying authority” there shall be substituted the words “regional or islands council”.

4

Subsection (8C) of that section shall not apply.

Section 1145

1

For subsection (6) of section 11, there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

6

The collective community water charge shall be due to the regional or islands council in the area of which the premises in respect of which it is payable are situated.

2

There shall not be a collective community water charge multiplier and accordingly—

a

the references to the collective community charge multiplier in sub-sections (7), (8), (9) and (10) of that section shall continue to be to that multiplier; and

b

the reference to the personal community charge in sub-section (10) of that section shall continue to be to that charge.

3

For paragraph (i) of subsection (11) of that section, there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

i

the amount in this paragraph is the amount of the personal community water charge determined in respect of that year by the regional or islands council in the area of which the premises are situated;

Section 11B56

Section 11B shall not apply.

Section 127

There shall not be a separate registration officer under section 12 in respect of the community water charges.

Section 1368

1

There shall not be a separate register under section 13 in respect of the community water charges.

2

Subsection (1)(a) to (e) of that section shall not apply.

Section 1879

In subsection (3) of section 18, the words from “and where the levying authority” to the end shall not apply.

Section 1910

As a consequence of paragraph 5(2) above, in paragraph (c) of section 19, the reference to the collective community charge multiplier shall continue to be to that multiplier.

Section 20811

As a consequence of paragraph 5(2) above, in subsection (2)(a)(iii) of section 20, the reference to the collective community charge multiplier shall continue to be to that multiplier.

Section 2212

Section 22 shall not apply.

Schedule 2, paragraph 113

For paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

1

The local authority for the purpose of levying the community water charges shall be known as the “levying authority” and shall be the regional or, as the case may be, the islands council.

Schedule 2, paragraphs 2 and 2A914

1

In Schedule 2, sub-paragraph (1)(b) of paragraph 2 shall not apply.

2

There shall not be a separate demand notice issued under paragraph 2 or 2A of Schedule 2 in respect of a person’s liability to pay any of the community water charges and any demand notice issued in respect of a person’s liability to pay any of the community charges shall include a notice of any liability of that person to pay the corresponding community water charge.

Schedule 2, paragraph 415

1

In sub-paragraph (7) of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, the reference to “any community charge” shall not be adapted by paragraph 1 above to refer to any corresponding community water charge.

2

Sub-paragraphs (11) and (12) of paragraph 4 of that Schedule shall not apply.

Schedule 2, paragraph 616

In Schedule 2, paragraph 6 shall not apply.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (as amended by paragraph 38 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988) provides for the provisions of Part II of, and Schedules 1A and 2 to, that Act (as amended by section 129 of, and Schedules 12 and 13 to, the 1988 Act) to have effect, subject to paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 5 (liability to pay community water charges) and to such adaptations, exceptions and modifications as may be prescribed, in relation to the community water charges as they have effect in relation to the corresponding community charges.

These Regulations prescribe the adaptations, exceptions and modifications for this purpose.