2008 No.370
RATING AND VALUATION

The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(3)(c) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 19971 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009 and shall come into force on 1st April 2009.

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 20073 is revoked.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Executive

St 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

Kintore

Macduff

Newtonhill

Peterhead

Portlethen

Stonehaven

Turriff

Westhill

Angus

Arbroath

Brechin

Carnoustie

Dundee

Forfar

Kirriemuir

Montrose

Argyll and Bute

Campbeltown

Dunoon

Helensburgh

Oban

Rothesay

Clackmannanshire

Alloa

Alva

Clackmannan

Tillicoultry

Tullibody

Dumfries and Galloway

Annan

Castle Douglas

Dalbeattie

Dumfries

Kirkcudbright

Locharbriggs

Lockerbie

Newton Stewart

Stranraer

East Ayrshire

Auchinleck

Cumnock

Darvel

Drongan

Galston

Hurlford and Crookedholm

Kilmarnock

Logan

Mauchline

Newmilns

Stewarton

East Dunbartonshire

Bearsden

Bishopbriggs

Kirkintilloch

Lennoxtown

Lenzie

Milngavie

Milton of Campsie

East Lothian

Cockenzie

Dunbar

Haddington

Musselburgh

North Berwick

Prestonpans

Tranent

East Renfrewshire

Barrhead

Busby

Clarkston

Eaglesham

Giffnock

Neilston

Newton Mearns

Eilean Siar

Stornoway

Falkirk

Bo'ness

Bonnybridge

Carron

Denny

Falkirk

Grangemouth

Hallglen

Polmont

Stenhousemuir

Fife

Anstruther

Ballingry

Buckhaven

Burntisland

Cardenden

Cowdenbeath

Cupar

Dalgety Bay

Dunfermline

Glenrothes

High Valleyfield

Inverkeithing

Kelty

Kennoway

Kincardine

Kirkcaldy

Leslie

Leven

Leuchars

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

Midlothian

Bilston

Bonnyrigg

Dalkeith

Gorebridge

Loanhead

Mayfield

Penicuik

Moray

Buckie

Elgin

Forres

Keith

Lossiemouth

North Ayrshire

Ardrossan

Beith

Dalry

Dreghorn

Irvine

Kilbirnie

Kilwinning

Largs

Saltcoats

Springside

Stevenston

West Kilbride

North Lanarkshire

Airdrie

Bellshill

Chapelhall

Chryston

Coatbridge

Cumbernauld

Holytown

Kilsyth

Moodiesburn

Motherwell

Newarthill

Newmains

New Stevenston

Shotts

Stepps

Viewpark

Wishaw

Orkney Islands

Kirkwall

Perth and Kinross

Auchterarder

Blairgowrie

Crieff

Kinross

New Scone

Perth

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

South Ayrshire

Ayr

Girvan

Maybole

Prestwick

Troon

South Lanarkshire

Blantyre

Bothwell

Cambuslang

Carluke

East Kilbride

Glasgow

Hamilton

Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood

Lanark

Larkhall

Lesmahagow

Rutherglen

Stonehouse

Strathaven

Uddingston

Stirling

Bannockburn

Bridge of Allan

Callander

Dunblane

Stirling

West Dunbartonshire

Alexandria

Bonhill

Bowling

Clydebank

Dumbarton

Duntocher and Hardgate

Faifley

Milton

Old Kilpatrick

Renton

West Lothian

Armadale

Bathgate

Blackburn

Broxburn

East Calder

Fauldhouse

Linlithgow

Livingston

West Calder

Whitburn”

(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”) to add or remove certain localities from column 2 of Schedule 1 to that Order. The localities which have been added are:

  • “Kintore” in the local authority area of Aberdeenshire;

  • “Drongan” in the local authority area of East Ayrshire;

  • “High Valleyfield” in the local authority area of Fife;

  • “Leuchars” in the local authority area of Fife;

  • “Callander” in the local authority area of Stirling;

  • “West Calder” in the local authority area of West Lothian.

The locality which has been removed is:

  • “New Cumnock” in the local authority area of East Ayrshire.

These adjustments have been made because the populations of these localities have either fallen below or risen above 3,000 and, as a result, they are now considered as located within or outwith 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. The designated areas are those local authority areas specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, but excluding all those localities listed in column 2 of the Schedule. Discretionary relief is available for property used for purposes beneficial to the local community in those settlements of less than 3,000 people in such designated rural areas.

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

The opportunity has also been taken to list the localities alphabetically for each local authority area.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no cost on business.