2014 No. 28
Rating And Valuation
The Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 2014
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7B(1) and 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19751 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st April 2014.
Non-domestic rate for 2014-20152.
For the purposes of section 7B of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, the Scottish Ministers prescribe a rate of 47.1 pence per pound as the non-domestic rate to be levied throughout Scotland in respect of financial year 2014-2015.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes a rate of 47.1 pence in the pound as the non-domestic rate to be levied throughout Scotland in respect of the financial year 2014-2015. A rate of 46.2 pence in the pound was the figure prescribed by the Scottish Ministers as the non-domestic rate to be levied throughout Scotland for the financial year 2013-2014 (S.S.I. 2012/352).