(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision for the amount payable as non-domestic rates in respect of lands and heritages in Scotland to which paragraph 3(2) of schedule 2 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”) applies. No rates are to be payable for any day on which the lands and heritages fall within that category.
The lands and heritages in question must be in a designated rural settlement and those covered are certain general stores, food stores, post offices, filling stations, pubs and hotels They are at present entitled to 50% relief from rates in terms of the 1997 Act.