Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010. Article 2 shall come into force 31st March 2010 and all other articles shall come into force on 1st April 2010.
Revocation
2. The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009(1) is hereby revoked.
Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005
3. The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005(2) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
Fixed Line Telecommunications
4. After article 7 (railways) insert–
“Fixed Line Telecommunications
7A.—(1) Any lands and heritages which would (apart from this Order) be treated as justifying separate entries in two or more valuation rolls shall be treated for all purposes of the Valuation Acts as justifying only one entry in the valuation roll for Renfrewshire in respect of each fixed line operator if they are—
(a)occupied by that fixed line operator; and
(b)occupied by posts, wires, fibres, cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, towers, masts, switching equipment or other equipment, or by servitudes or wayleaves, being property used by that fixed line operator wholly or mainly for the purposes of monitoring, processing or transmission of communications signals for the provision of telecommunications services.
(2) A “fixed line operator” for the purposes of this article, is any of the companies registered at the date of this Order with the following names and registration numbers:
| Company name | Registration number | |
|---|---|---|
| AOL (UK) Ltd | 03462696 | |
| Atlas Connect Ltd | SC241790 | |
| Be Un Limited | 05262862 | |
| British Telecommunications plc | 01800000 | |
| Cable & Wireless plc | 00238525 | |
| Easynet Limited | 02954343 | |
| Entanet International Ltd | 03274237 | |
| Gamma Telecom Ltd | 04340834 | |
| GEO Networks Limited | 04614924 | |
| Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Ltd | 02495998 | |
| Lumison | SC236128 | |
| NEOS Networks Ltd | 03477297 | |
| Ntl Business Ltd | 3076222 | |
| Opal Telecom Limited | 3849133 | |
| Orange Ltd | 03110666 | |
Pipex Broadband Ltd Pipex Communications Services Ltd | 03137499 03059016 | |
| Smallworld Media Communications Ltd | 05679836 | |
| SSE Telecommunications Limited | SC213457 | |
| Telefónica O2 UK Limited | 01743099 | |
| The JNT Association | 02881024 | |
| Tiscali UK Ltd | 03408171 | |
| Thus plc | SC192666 | |
| Verizon UK Limited | 02776038 | |
| Virgin Media Group | 02591237 | |
| Vtesse Networks Limited | 03900836”. |
5.—(1) At the end of column 1 in the Schedule (designated assessors for the valuation of utilities) add “Assessor for the Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board”.
(2) At the end of column 2 in the Schedule add “The lands and heritages specified in article 7A (Fixed Line Telecommunications).”.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th February 2010