http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/45The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019texttext/xmlenRATING AND VALUATIONStatute Law Database2021-04-12Expert Participation2019-04-01 This Order amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 (“the 2005 Order”). 2019 No. 45Rating And ValuationThe Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019Made14th February 2019Laid before the Scottish Parliament18th February 2019Coming into force1st April 2019The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A(1)(aa) and (1B) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 and all other powers enabling them to do so.In accordance with section 6A(1D) that Act they have consulted such associations of local authorities and such other persons as they think appropriate.Citation and commencement1This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019 and comes into force on 1 April 2019.Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 20052The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 6.<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/45/article/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/3" id="article-3"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-26914bb47e6fa6e35f6194a3219e68fc"/>3</Pnumber><P1para><Text>For article 2(1)(b)(ii) (electricity generation) substitute—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="secondary" TargetSubClass="order" Context="main" Format="default"><P4><Pnumber>ii</Pnumber><P4para><Text>the primary source of energy in such generation is biomass, the use of wind, wave, water, tidal or solar power, or the burning of refuse.</Text></P4para></P4></BlockAmendment><AppendText>.</AppendText></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2019-04-01"><Title/><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/45/article/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/4" id="article-4"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-869a81d1628332f23ea9313e6c764d61"/>4</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In the definition of “a Company” in article 3(2) (electricity transmission and distribution), in sub-paragraph (b)(iii) for “SP Transmission Limited” substitute <InlineAmendment>“ SP Transmission PLC ”</InlineAmendment>.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2019-04-01"><Title/><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/45/article/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/5" id="article-5"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-181e568d4d5c2d4a0a451bfa5f95633d"/>5</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In the definition of “Company” in article 4(3) (gas), omit “at the date of this Order” in both places where it occurs.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2019-04-01"><Title/><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/45/article/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/6" id="article-6"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-fc485ee5d4bee53270b5c28f640a978d"/>6</Pnumber><P1para><Text>For article 7A(2) (fixed line telecommunications) substitute—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="secondary" TargetSubClass="order" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A “fixed line operator”, for the purposes of this article, is any of the companies registered with the following names and registration numbers—</Text></P2para><Tabular Orientation="portrait"><table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" cols="2"><colgroup><col width="62%"/><col width="38%"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><th><Emphasis xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation">Company name</Emphasis></th><th><Emphasis xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation">Registration number</Emphasis></th></tr><tr><td>AtlasConnect Limited</td><td>SC241790</td></tr><tr><td>British Telecommunications Public Limited Company</td><td>01800000</td></tr><tr><td>Cityfibre Limited</td><td>09759465</td></tr><tr><td>Centurylink Communications UK Limited</td><td> <Substitution xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" ChangeId="key-ae8a189f9f5cdf77831bbd7a58b1ec39-1617203086085" CommentaryRef="key-ae8a189f9f5cdf77831bbd7a58b1ec39">02495998</Substitution> </td></tr><tr><td>Easynet Limited</td><td>02954343</td></tr><tr><td>Entanet International Limited</td><td>03274237</td></tr><tr><td>Everything Everywhere Limited</td><td>08263590</td></tr><tr><td>Gamma Telecom Ltd</td><td>04340834</td></tr><tr><td>GEO Networks Limited</td><td>04614924</td></tr><tr><td>Hutchison 3G UK Limited</td><td>03885486</td></tr><tr><td>JISC</td><td>05747339</td></tr><tr><td>JISC Services Limited</td><td>02881024</td></tr><tr><td>NEOS Networks Limited</td><td>03477297</td></tr><tr><td>NTL Business Limited</td><td>03076222</td></tr><tr><td>Oath (UK) Limited</td><td>03462696</td></tr><tr><td><CommentaryRef xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" Ref="key-4022151784d6e95332bc0fff99005d6e"/>. . .</td><td><CommentaryRef xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" Ref="key-4022151784d6e95332bc0fff99005d6e"/>. . .</td></tr><tr><td><CommentaryRef xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" Ref="key-4febab26c5872eddeb3fe2bb62cbdcd6"/>. . .</td><td><CommentaryRef xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" Ref="key-4febab26c5872eddeb3fe2bb62cbdcd6"/>. . .</td></tr><tr><td>Pipex Communications Services Limited</td><td>03059016</td></tr><tr><td>Pulsant (Scotland) Limited</td><td>SC236128</td></tr><tr><td>Sky Home Communications Limited</td><td>05262862</td></tr><tr><td> <Substitution xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" ChangeId="key-451901e60e927fc347f1d563c8d45cb1-1617203193884" CommentaryRef="key-451901e60e927fc347f1d563c8d45cb1">Sky Telecommunications Services Limited</Substitution> </td><td>02883980</td></tr><tr><td>Smallworld Cable Limited</td><td>05679836</td></tr><tr><td>SSE Telecommunications Limited</td><td>SC213457</td></tr><tr><td> <Substitution xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" ChangeId="key-a8255d5301a6bd1a50f8eea629bfca2b-1617203222212" CommentaryRef="key-a8255d5301a6bd1a50f8eea629bfca2b">Talktalk Communications Limited</Substitution> </td><td>03849133</td></tr><tr><td>Telefonica UK Limited</td><td>01743099</td></tr><tr><td>Thus Group Holdings Limited</td><td>SC192666</td></tr><tr><td>Tiscali UK Limited</td><td>03408171</td></tr><tr><td>Verizon UK Limited</td><td>02776038</td></tr><tr><td>Virgin Media Limited</td><td>02591237</td></tr><tr><td>Vodafone Enterprise U.K.</td><td>01541957</td></tr><tr><td>Vodafone Limited</td><td>01471587</td></tr><tr><td>Interoute Vtesse Limited</td><td>03900836.</td></tr></tbody></table></Tabular></P2></BlockAmendment><AppendText>.</AppendText></P1para></P1></P1group><SignedSection DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/45/signature" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/signature" RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2019-03-31"><Signatory><Signee><PersonName>DEREK MACKAY</PersonName><JobTitle> A member of the Scottish Government</JobTitle><Address><AddressLine> St Andrew's House,</AddressLine></Address><Address><AddressLine> Edinburgh</AddressLine></Address><DateSigned Date="2019-02-14"><DateText/></DateSigned></Signee></Signatory></SignedSection></Body><ExplanatoryNotes DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/45/note" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/note" RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2019-03-31"><P><Text><Emphasis>(This note is not part of the Order)</Emphasis></Text></P><P><BlockText><Para><Text>This Order amends the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005 (“<Term>the 2005 Order</Term>”).</Text></Para></BlockText></P><P><BlockText><Para><Text>The amendments relate to specified lands and heritages which are to be treated as if they justify only one entry in a single valuation roll, despite being situated in areas covered by different rolls. Mostly, they update references to operators in the 2005 Order.</Text></Para></BlockText></P><P><BlockText><Para><Text>Article 3 amends the 2005 Order to add solar power and biomass as primary sources of energy in the generation of electricity, for the purpose of identifying persons carrying on undertakings to whom that Order applies.</Text></Para></BlockText></P><P><BlockText><Para><Text>Article 5 omits unnecessary references in the 2005 Order to the date of registration of companies.</Text></Para></BlockText></P><P><BlockText><Para><Text>Article 6 replaces a table which details companies to be regarded as “<Term>fixed line operators</Term>” for the purposes of entry in a single valuation roll. Article 6 also, like article 5, omits an unnecessary reference in the 2005 Order to the date of registration of companies, by not including such a reference in the text it substitutes into the 2005 Order.</Text></Para></BlockText></P></ExplanatoryNotes></Secondary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c23571561" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1956/60" id="c00001" Year="1956" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="60">1956 c.60</Citation>. Section 6A was inserted by section 161 of the <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/39" id="c00002" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="39" Title="Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994">Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39)</Citation> and subsections (1)(aa) and (1B) were inserted by section 32(1) of the Local Government in <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/1" id="c00003" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2003" Number="1" Title="Scotland Act 2003">Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1)</Citation> (“the 2003 Act). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/46" id="c00004" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="46" Title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)</Citation>.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c23571571" Type="M"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00005" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/section/6A/1D" SectionRef="section-6A-1D">Section 6A(1D)</CitationSubRef> was inserted by section 32(1)(b) of the 2003 Act.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c23571581" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2005/127" id="c00006" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2005" Number="127">S.S.I. 2005/127</Citation>, amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2005/320" id="c00007" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2005" Number="320">S.S.I. 2005/320</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2009/196" id="c00008" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="196">S.S.I. 2009/196</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2010/78" id="c00009" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="78">S.S.I. 2010/78</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/75" id="c00010" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2011" Number="75">S.S.I. 2011/75</Citation>, S.S.I 2013/36, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2014/64" id="c00011" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="64">S.S.I. 2014/64</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2015/50" id="c00012" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2015" Number="50">S.S.I. 2015/50</Citation> and <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/42" id="c00013" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2017" Number="42">S.S.I. 2017/42</Citation>.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-ae8a189f9f5cdf77831bbd7a58b1ec39" Type="F"><Para><Text>Word in <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00006" SectionRef="article-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/6">art. 6</CitationSubRef> substituted (31.3.2019) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77" id="c4jw39qu4-00007" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="77" Title="The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019">The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/77)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00008" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00007" SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00009" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00007" SectionRef="article-2-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/2/2/a" Operative="true">2(2)(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-4022151784d6e95332bc0fff99005d6e" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00015" SectionRef="article-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/6">art. 6</CitationSubRef> omitted (31.3.2019) by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77" id="c4jw39qu4-00016" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="77" Title="The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019">The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/77)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00017" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00016" SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00018" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00016" SectionRef="article-2-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/2/2/b" Operative="true">2(2)(b)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-4febab26c5872eddeb3fe2bb62cbdcd6" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00024" SectionRef="article-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/6">art. 6</CitationSubRef> omitted (31.3.2019) by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77" id="c4jw39qu4-00025" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="77" Title="The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019">The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/77)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00026" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00025" SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00027" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00025" SectionRef="article-2-2-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/2/2/c" Operative="true">2(2)(c)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-451901e60e927fc347f1d563c8d45cb1" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00033" SectionRef="article-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/6">art. 6</CitationSubRef> substituted (31.3.2019) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77" id="c4jw39qu4-00034" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="77" Title="The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019">The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/77)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00035" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00034" SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00036" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00034" SectionRef="article-2-2-d" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/2/2/d" Operative="true">2(2)(d)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-a8255d5301a6bd1a50f8eea629bfca2b" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00042" SectionRef="article-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/6">art. 6</CitationSubRef> substituted (31.3.2019) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77" id="c4jw39qu4-00043" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="77" Title="The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019">The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/77)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00044" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00043" SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c4jw39qu4-00045" CitationRef="c4jw39qu4-00043" SectionRef="article-2-2-e" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/77/article/2/2/e" Operative="true">2(2)(e)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-88969d57fddc0118e3ff4c81c4e71b49" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/1" id="c4jwbjaw4-00007">Art. 1</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.4.2019, see <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/1" CitationRef="c4jwbjaw4-00004" Operative="true" id="c4jwbjaw4-00008">art. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-26914bb47e6fa6e35f6194a3219e68fc" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/3" id="c4jwbjaw4-00015">Art. 3</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.4.2019, see <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/1" CitationRef="c4jwbjaw4-00012" Operative="true" id="c4jwbjaw4-00016">art. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-869a81d1628332f23ea9313e6c764d61" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/4" id="c4jwbjaw4-00023">Art. 4</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.4.2019, see <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/1" CitationRef="c4jwbjaw4-00020" Operative="true" id="c4jwbjaw4-00024">art. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-181e568d4d5c2d4a0a451bfa5f95633d" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/5" id="c4jwbjaw4-00031">Art. 5</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.4.2019, see <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2019/45/article/1" 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