The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002

Made7th March 2002

Laid before the Scottish Parliament8th March 2002

Coming into force1st April 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72(6) and (7) of the Local Government Finance Act 19921 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

Amendment of Order2.

(1)

The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Order 19972 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2)

In article 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “registered housing association”, there shall be inserted the following definition:–

““registered social landlord” has the meaning given in section 111 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 20013;”.

(3)

In paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 1 (dwellings awaiting demolition), after “authority”, there shall be inserted “, a registered social landlord”.

PETER PEACOCK

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th March 2002

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends (with effect from 1st April 2002) the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Order 1997 (“the 1997 Order”), which lists those classes of dwelling which are exempt from the council tax in Scotland.

The Order amends paragraph 8(a) in Schedule 1 to the 1997 Order to extend exemption from the council tax to dwellings awaiting demolition that are owned by a registered social landlord.