2007 No. 36

RATING AND VALUATION

The Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(3), and paragraph 1(3)(c) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 19971 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 Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.

Amendment of the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 20052

For Schedule 1 (designated rural areas) to the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 20052, substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Revocation3

The Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 20063 is revoked.

TOM McCABEA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 1 to the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 2005.

SCHEDULE 1DESIGNATED RURAL AREAS

Article 2

Local authority area

Excluded localities

1

2

Aberdeenshire

Banchory

Banff

Ellon

Fraserburgh

Huntly

Inverurie

Kemnay

Macduff

Newtonhill

Peterhead

Portlethen

Stonehaven

Turriff

Westhill

Angus

Arbroath

Brechin

Carnoustie

Dundee

Forfar

Kirriemuir

Montrose

Argyll and Bute

Campbeltown

Dunoon

Helensburgh

Oban

Rothesay

East Ayrshire

Auchinleck

Cumnock

Darvel

Galston

Hurlford and Crookedholm

Kilmarnock

Logan

Mauchline

New Cumnock

Newmilns

Stewarton

North Ayrshire

Ardrossan

Beith

Dalry

Dreghorn

Irvine

Kilbirnie

Kilwinning

Largs

Saltcoats

Springside

Stevenston

West Kilbride

South Ayrshire

Ayr

Girvan

Maybole

Prestwick

Troon

Clackmannanshire

Alloa

Alva

Clackmannan

Tillicoultry

Tullibody

Dumfries and Galloway

Annan

Castle Douglas

Dalbeattie

Dumfries

Kirkcudbright

Locharbriggs

Lockerbie

Newton Stewart

Stranraer

East Dunbartonshire

Bearsden

Bishopbriggs

Kirkintilloch

Lennoxtown

Lenzie

Milngavie

Milton of Campsie

West Dunbartonshire

Alexandria

Bonhill

Bowling

Clydebank

Dumbarton

Duntocher and Hardgate

Faifley

Milton

Old Kilpatrick

Renton

Falkirk

Bo'ness

Bonnybridge

Carron

Denny

Falkirk

Grangemouth

Hallglen

Polmont

Stenhousemuir

Fife

Anstruther

Ballingry

Buckhaven

Burntisland

Cardenden

Cowdenbeath

Cupar

Dalgety Bay

Dunfermline

Glenrothes

Inverkeithing

Kelty

Kennoway

Kincardine

Kirkcaldy

Leslie

Leven

Lochgelly

Newport-on-Tay

Oakley

Rosyth

St Andrews

Tayport

Highland

Alness

Culloden

Dingwall

Fort William

Invergordon

Inverness

Nairn

Smithton

Tain

Thurso

Westhill

Wick

Inverclyde

Gourock

Greenock

Kilmacolm

Port Glasgow

North Lanarkshire

Airdrie

Bellshill

Chapelhall

Chryston

Coatbridge

Cumbernauld

Holytown

Kilsyth

Moodiesburn

Motherwell

Newarthill

Newmains

New Stevenston

Shotts

Stepps

Viewpark

Wishaw

South Lanarkshire

Blantyre

Bothwell

Cambuslang

Carluke

East Kilbride

Glasgow

Hamilton

Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood

Lanark

Larkhall

Lesmahagow

Rutherglen

Stonehouse

Strathaven

Uddingston

East Lothian

Cockenzie

Dunbar

Haddington

Musselburgh

North Berwick

Prestonpans

Tranent

Midlothian

Bilston

Bonnyrigg

Dalkeith

Gorebridge

Loanhead

Mayfield

Penicuik

West Lothian

Armadale

Bathgate

Blackburn

Broxburn

East Calder

Fauldhouse

Linlithgow

Livingston

Whitburn

Moray

Buckie

Elgin

Forres

Keith

Lossiemouth

Orkney Islands

Kirkwall

Perth and Kinross

Auchterarder

Blairgowrie

Crieff

Kinross

New Scone

Perth

East Renfrewshire

Barrhead

Busby

Clarkston

Eaglesham

Giffnock

Neilston

Newton Mearns

Renfrewshire

Bishopton

Bridge of Weir

Elderslie

Erskine

Houston

Inchinnan

Johnstone

Kilbarchan

Linwood

Paisley

Renfrew

Scottish Borders

Eyemouth

Galashiels

Hawick

Jedburgh

Kelso

Peebles

Selkirk

Shetland Islands

Lerwick

Stirling

Bannockburn

Bridge of Allan

Dunblane

Stirling

Western Isles

Stornoway

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 2005 (“the 2005 Order”) by substituting a new Schedule 1 which adds or removes certain localities from column 2 of the Schedule. This is because the population of those localities has either fallen below or risen above 3,000. The effect of this is that these localities are now to be considered as falling within or outwith (as the case may be) the local authority areas designated as rural areas for the purpose of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 by article 2 of the 2005 Order.