The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.

Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997

2.  The Schedule (designated rural areas) to the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997(1) is amended as follows.

3.  In column 2 (excluded localities) omit the entries for–

(a) “Boddam” in the local authority area of Aberdeenshire;

(b) “Gretna” in the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway; and

(c) “High Valleyfield” and “Lundin Links” in the local authority area of Fife.

4.  In column 3 omit the entries for–

(a) “Twechar” in the local authority area of East Dunbartonshire;

(b) “Springfield” and “Stratheden” in the local authority area of Fife;

(c) “Queenzieburn” in the local authority area of North Lanarkshire;

(d) “Murieston” in the local authority area of West Lothian;

(e) “Findhorn” in the local authority area of Moray; and

(f) “Brookfield” in the local authority area of Renfrewshire.

ANDREW P KERR

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

8th March 2004