Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016.
Non-domestic rate for 2016-2017
2. For the purposes of section 7B of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, the Scottish Ministers prescribe a rate of 48.4 pence per pound as the non-domestic rate to be levied throughout Scotland in respect of financial year 2016-2017.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
22nd February 2016