This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.S.I.s 2000/88 and 90 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.
2000 No. 284
RATING AND VALUATION

The Electricity Lands and Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000

Made
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 6, 35(2) and 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19751, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities, and of persons carrying on undertakings, as appeared to them to be concerned, and with such local authorities, persons, or associations of persons with whom consultation appeared to them to be desirable, all in accordance with section 6(4) of the said Act, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and has been approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

Citation, commencement and date of effect1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Electricity Lands and Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2)

This Order shall have effect as from 1st April 20002.

Amendment of Electricity Lands (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 20002.

The Electricity Lands (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 20003 is amended as follows:–

(a)

in article 7(a), for “£73,110,000”, there shall be substituted “£72,900,000”;

(b)

in article 8(1)(a), for “£53,080,000”, there shall be substituted “£52,870,000”;

(c)

in each of the Schedules, for the words “Apportioned amount” in each place they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Apportionment figure”; and

(d)

in each of the column headings in each of the Schedules where the sign “£” appears, it shall be omitted.

Amendment of Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 20003.

The Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 20004 is amended as follows:–

(a)

in article 5(3), for “(⅓E × ⅔F)” there shall be substituted “⅓E + ⅔F”; and

(b)

in each of the column headings in Schedule 2 where the sign “£” appears, it shall be omitted.

JACK McCONNELL
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes minor amendments to the Electricity Lands (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 2000, principally to correct an apportioned figure in the prescribed class of distribution lands made for Scottish Power UK plc and to the Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 2000, principally to correct an error in a formula applying to Water authorities with effect from 1st April 2001.

This Order has effect from 1st April 2000 to co incide with the coming into force of the Orders amended.