13. Nothing in these Regulations—
(a)requires rates to be paid in respect of lands and heritages for a day where those lands and heritages are entirely exempt from rates for that day under any enactment, or
(b)prejudices the power of a rating authority to grant a reduction or remission of rates under section 3A or 4(5) of the 1962 Act(1), section 25A of the 1966 Act(2) or paragraph 4 of schedule 2 of the 1997 Act(3).
Section 3A was inserted by section 140(1) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6). Section 4(5) was amended by section 5(1)(b) of the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982, paragraph 57 of schedule 13 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), paragraph 2(a) of schedule 3 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997(c. 29) and section 98(3) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10).
Section 25A was inserted by section 156 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).
Paragraph 4 was amended by section 28(4)(a), (b) and (d) of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1).