Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

Amendment of rateable value limits

2.  In article 3 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997(1)–

(a)in paragraph (1), for “£5,000” there shall be substituted “£6,000”; and

(b)in paragraph (2), for “£10,000”, there shall be substituted “£12,000”.

Jack McConnell

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

9th March 2000