9.—(1) Section 2(1)(c) of the 1975 Act(1) shall be amended by inserting at the end the following:–
“(iii)upon their ceasing to be lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 2000 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the 2000 Order”);”.
(2) Section 2(1)(d) of that Act shall be amended by inserting after the words “lands and heritages” the following words:–
“(other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 2000 Order)”.
(3) After paragraph (f) of section 2(1) of that Act, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–
“(ff)by entering therein, in relation to an authority as defined in the 2000 Order, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in that Order together with the rateable values determined and apportioned in accordance with that Order;”.
(4) In paragraph (a) of section 2(2) of that Act, after the words “subsection (1)(a)” there shall be inserted the words “or (ff)”.
(5) In section 3(4) of that Act(2), after the words “lands and heritages” where they appear for the first time, there shall be inserted the following:–
“(other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 2000 Order)”.
Section 2(1)(c)(i) was repealed by the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29), Schedule 4.
Section 3(4) was amended by the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, Schedule 3, paragraph 13(b).