Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966

Part I S Grants

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII

Rate support grants for local authorities S

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 S

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2 repealed (1.4.1994) by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 S

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 3 repealed (1.4.1994) by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 S

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 4 repealed (1.4.1994) by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

5, 5A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 S

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 5, 5A, 7, 26, 27 repealed by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2, 103:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6 S

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 6 repealed (1.4.1994) by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 S

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 5, 5A, 7, 26, 27 repealed by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2, 103:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

Specific grants S

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 S

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 8 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9 S

Textual Amendments

F9 S. 9 repealed by S.I. 1981/127, art. 5, Sch. 1 and expressed to be restricted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 81:2), ss. 52, 57(1)

10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10 S

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 10 repealed by Scottish Development Agency Act 1975 (c. 69, SIF 64),ss. 8(8), 27(2), Sch. 5 (with saving in s. 8(8) relating to certain schemes where a tender has been accepted by the local authority before 15.12.1975)

[F11 11 Grants for certain expenditure in relation to ethnic minorities. S

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may pay to local authorities which in his opinion are required to make special provision in the exercise of any of their functions in consequence of the presence within their area of persons belonging to ethnic minorities whose language or customs differ from those of the rest of the community, grants of such amounts as he may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine on account of expenditure in respect of the employment of staff.

(2) No grant shall be paid under this section in respect of expenditure incurred before 1st April 1993.]

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 11 substituted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 166; S.I. 1994/2850,

Part II S Rates

Local authority apportionments etc. S

12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12 S

Textual Amendments

F12 S. 12 repealed (1.4.1994) by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

13 Amendment of the Act of 1963. S

As respects the year 1967-68 and subsequent years the Act of 1963 shall have effect as follows—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

(b) Section 9(5) of the Act of 1963 (which relates to the determination of weighted population) shall be amended by substituting for the words “in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act” the words “in such manner as may be prescribed by a rate support grant order made under section 3 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966”.

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

Textual Amendments

F13 S. 13 para. (a)(c), s. 14(2) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 7

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 13 para. (b), 21, 48(1), Sch. 5 paras. 2, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14 S

Textual Amendments

F14 S. 14 repealed (1.4.1994) by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

Valuation and Rating S

15 Valuation according to tone of roll. S

(1) For the purposes of any new or altered entry to be made in a valuation roll after the passing of this Act [F15 for a year other than a year of revaluation][F15 at any time the valuation roll is in force], the value or altered value to be ascribed to lands and heritages shall not exceed the value which would have been ascribed thereto in that roll if the lands and heritages to which the entry relates had for valuation purposes been subsisting throughout the year before the last year of revaluation, on the assumptions that at the time by reference to which that value would have been ascertained—

(a) the lands and heritages were in the same state as at the time of valuation and any relevant factors (as defined by subsection (2) of this section) were those subsisting at the last-mentioned time; and

(b) the locality in which the lands and heritages are situated was in the same state, so far as concerns the other premises situated in that locality and the occupation and use of those premises, the transport services and other facilities available in the locality, and other matters affecting the amenities of the locality, as at the time of valuation.

(2) In this section “relevant factors” means any of the following, so far as material to the valuation of lands and heritages, namely—

(a) the mode or category of occupation of the lands and heritages;

(b) the quantity of minerals or other substances in or extracted from the lands and heritages;

(c) the volume of trade or business carried on on the lands and heritages.

(3) References in this section to the time of valuation are references to the time by reference to which the valuation of lands and heritages would have fallen to be ascertained if this section had not been enacted.

(4) This section does not apply to lands and heritages which are occupied by a public utility undertaking and of which the value falls to be ascertained by reference to the profits of the undertaking carried on therein.

Textual Amendments

F15 Words “at any” to “force” substituted for words “for” to “revaluation” (16.9.1975) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), s. 39(2), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 32

16 Determination of cumulo rateable value and rateable value pertaining to water undertakings. S

For the purposes of the levying of rates in respect of the year 1967-68 and of any subsequent year the cumulo rateable value and the rateable value of lands and heritages occupied for the purposes of a water undertaking shall be taken to be the values respectively determined in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 16, Sch. 2 repealed in respect of any year subsequent to 1984–85 by S.I. 1985/197, art. 8

F16 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

Textual Amendments

F16 S. 17 repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(d), Sch. 2

F17 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

Textual Amendments

F17 S. 18 repealed (19.5.1997) by 1997 c. 29, s. 33(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 1997/1097, art. art. 3(d)

19 Gas and Electricity Boards: rating of showrooms. S

(1) For the year 1967-68 and subsequent years, an authority to which this section applies shall, notwithstanding anything in Part V of the M1 Local Government Act 1948, section 24(2) of the M2 Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 . . . F18 , be liable to be rated in respect of any shop, room or other place occupied and used by the authority wholly or mainly for the sale, display or demonstration of apparatus or accessories for use by consumers of gas or, as the case may be, electricity; and accordingly any such shop, room or other place shall be included in the valuation roll for the area in which it is situated.

(2) In determining whether any such shop, room or other place is wholly or mainly occupied and used as aforesaid, use for the receipt of payments for gas or electricity consumed shall be disregarded.

(3) This section applies to the following authorities, that is to say, [F19 the British Gas Corporation], the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and the South of Scotland Electricity Board.

Textual Amendments

F18 Words repealed by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), s. 49(1), Sch. 6 para. 16(2)(a), Sch. 8

F19 Words substituted by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), s. 49(1), Sch. 6 para. 16(2)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Ss. 17(1)(2), 19 repealed so far as relating to Scottish Electricity Board (as defined) for any year commencing on or after 1.4.1978 by S.I. 1978/1175, art. 9, Sch.

C4 S. 19 repealed so far as relating to the British Gas Corporation in Scotland for any year commencing on or after 1.4.1978 by S.I. 1978/1176, art. 9, Sch.

C5 S. 19 repealed for any year commencing on or after 1.4.1978, so far as relating to the Board (the British Railways Board, the National Freight Corporation and any subsidiary of that Board and Corporation) in Scotland, by S.I. 1978/1174, art. 9, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M1 1948 c. 26.

M2 1956 c. 60.

F20 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

Textual Amendments

F20 S. 20 repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(d), Sch. 2

21 Amendment of section 22 of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956. S

In section 22(1) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (which relates to the exemption of churches, etc. from rates) for the paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “any premises to which this subsection applies, which belong to or are held by a religious body, so long as the use of the premises is wholly or mainly for purposes connected with that body and no profit is derived by that body from the use of the premises for any other purpose.

This subsection applies to any church, chapel, meeting place, church hall, chapel hall or other similar building.” ; and accordingly subsection (4)(b) of the said section 22 shall cease to have effect.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 The text of ss. 13 para. (b), 21, 48(1), Sch. 5 paras. 2, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

22 Complaints regarding omissions from the valuation roll. S

(1) Any person interested may complain to the Valuation Appeal Committee for a valuation area (which terms in this section have the same meaning as in the M3 Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956) to the effect [F21 (a)] that particular lands and heritages are not included in the valuation roll for that area and that they ought to be so included [F22 or (b) that lands and heritages consisting of a pitch for a caravan have been treated as part of a single unit of lands and heritages by virtue of section 3(1) of the Rating (Caravan Sites) Act 1976 and ought to be separately entered in such valuation roll;] and the procedure set out in Schedule 2 to the said Act of 1956 and in section 13 of the M4 Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854 shall be followed in relation to complaints under this section.

(2) After hearing a complaint under this section the Valuation Appeal Committee may dismiss it or may direct that such entry be made in the Valuation roll as respects the lands and heritages concerned as may be specified in the direction.

(3) A decision made under the last foregoing subsection shall be subject to appeal by way of stated case in the manner provided by section 7 of the M5 Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1879.

Textual Amendments

F21 “a” inserted by virtue of Rating (Caravan Sites) Act 1976 (c. 15), s. 3(8) which provided that s. 22 should have effect as if that insertion were made after the word “effect”

F22 Words inserted by virtue of Rating (Caravan Sites) Act 1976 (c. 15), s. 3(8) which provided that s. 22 should have effect as if that insertion were made after the words “so included”

Marginal Citations

M3 1956 c. 60.

M4 1854 c. 91.

M5 1879 c. 42.

23 Amendment of section 7 of the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1879. S

(1) Any application for a stated case under section 7 of the M6 Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1879 may be made in writing within the prescribed period from the date of the decision of the Valuation Appeal Committee, or if the decision was made in the absence of any party intending to make such an application, within the prescribed period from the date of receipt by him of the notification of the decision, and accordingly in the said section 7 the words “and shall then declare himself dissatisfied with such determination” shall cease to have effect.

(2) In this section “the prescribed period” means the period for the time being prescribed by virtue of section 6 of the M7 Rating and Valuation (Scotland) Act 1952 within which grounds of appeal relating to a stated case under the said section 7 may be lodged.

Marginal Citations

M6 1879 c. 42.

M7 1952 c. 47.

Rating of unoccupied property S

[F23 24 Unoccupied lands and heritages. S

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, no rates shall be payable in respect of lands and heritages which are unoccupied.

(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe a class or classes of lands and heritages such as are mentioned in subsection (1) above for which the rates payable shall be the rates mentioned in subsection (3) below.

(3) A person entitled to possession of lands and heritages which fall within a class prescribed by regulations under this section shall be liable to pay a rate equal to one half of the amount of the non-domestic rate which would have been payable if such lands and heritages had been occupied; and the enactments relating to rating shall apply with any necessary modifications as if the lands and heritages were occupied by that person.

(4) Where any lands and heritages fall within a class prescribed by regulations under subsection (2) above, such lands and heritages shall be treated for the purposes of section 4 of the M8 Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962 as if they are being used for the purpose for which they were used when they were last occupied.

(5) Any statutory instrument containing regulations made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F23 S. 24 substituted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 154; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(a), Sch. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 S. 24 modified (1.4.1995) by 1963 c. 12, s. 18 (as substituted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 60(4); S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(c)(ii))

Marginal Citations

M8 1962 c. 9.

[F24 24A Lands and heritages partly unoccupied for a short time. S

(1) If it appears to the rating authority that part of any lands and heritages included in the valuation roll is unoccupied but will remain so for a short time only, the authority may request the assessor to apportion the rateable value between the occupied and unoccupied parts and on being thus requested the assessor shall apportion the rateable value accordingly.

(2) As from whichever is the later of the following—

(a) the date on which lands and heritages the rateable value of which has been apportioned under subsection (1) above became partly occupied;

(b) the commencement of the financial year in which the request under that subsection relating to those lands and heritages was made,

until whichever of the events specified in subsection (3) below first occurs, the value apportioned to the occupied part of the lands and heritages shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be treated for rating purposes as if it were the rateable value ascribed to the lands and heritages in the valuation roll.

(3) The events mentioned in subsection (2) above are—

(a) the reoccupation of any of the unoccupied part;

(b) the end of the financial year in which the request was made;

(c) a further apportionment of the value of the lands and heritages taking effect under subsection (1) above;

(d) the lands and heritages to which the apportionment relates becoming completely unoccupied.

(4) Where any lands and heritages fall within such class or classes of lands and heritages as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations, the value to be treated for rating purposes as if it were the rateable value ascribed to the lands and heritages in the valuation roll shall be the sum of—

(a) the value apportioned to the occupied part of the lands and heritages; and

(b) one half of the value apportioned to the unoccupied part of the lands and heritages.

(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) of subsection (3) above, if it appears to the rating authority that the part of the lands and heritages which was unoccupied at the date of an apportionment of the rateable value thereof under subsection (1) above has continued after the end of the financial year referred to in that paragraph to be unoccupied but will remain so for a short time only, the authority may direct that the apportionment shall continue to have effect for the next financial year; and subsections (2), (3)(a), (c) and (d) and (4) above shall have effect in relation to that year accordingly.

(6) Any statutory instrument containing regulations made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(7) In this section “financial year” has the meaning assigned to it by section 96(5) of the M9 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.]

Textual Amendments

F24 S. 24A inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 155; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(a), Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M9 1973 c. 65.

[F25 24B Certain lands and heritages to be treated as unoccupied. S

(1) For the purposes of section 24 of this Act, lands and heritages shall be treated as unoccupied if, apart from this section, they would fall to be treated as occupied by reason only of there being kept on the lands and heritages plant, machinery or equipment—

(a) which was last used on the lands and heritages when they were last in use; or

(b) which is intended for use on the lands and heritages.

(2) Subsection (1) above applies to the unoccupied part of lands and heritages for the purposes of section 24A of this Act as it applies to unoccupied lands and heritages for the purposes of the said section 24.]

Textual Amendments

F25 S. 24B inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 155; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(a), Sch. 1

25 Provisions supplementary to section 24. S

(1) The provisions of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect, for the purposes of section 24 of this Act, with respect to F26 . . . the treatment of newly erected and altered buildings and the other matters there mentioned.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

Textual Amendments

F26 Words in s. 25(1) repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 67(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(c)(iv)(d), Sch. 2

F27 S. 25(2) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 34(a), Sch. 7

F28 S. 25(3)(4)(5) repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(d), Sch. 2

[F29 Exemption from payment of rates S

Textual Amendments

F29 Cross-heading for s. 25A inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 156; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(a), Sch. 1

F30 25A Remission of rates on account of hardship. S

Every rating authority may, on the application of any person liable to pay any rate levied by the authority, remit payment (in whole or in part) of the rate if the authority are satisfied that—

(a) the person would sustain hardship if the authority did not do so; and

(b) it is reasonable for the authority to do so, having regard to the interests of persons liable to pay council tax set by them.]

Textual Amendments

F30 S. 25A inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 156; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(a), Sch. 1

26, 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31 S

Textual Amendments

F31 Ss. 5, 5A, 7, 26, 27 repealed by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2, 103:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

Part III S Roads

28—34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32 S

Textual Amendments

F32 Pt. III (ss. 28–34) repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(3), Sch. 11

Part IV S

Miscellaneous and General S

35 Placing of staff etc. of local authority at disposal of Secretary of State or of another local authority. S

(1) A local authority [F33 within the meaning of [F34 section 227(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997]] may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of State or another local authority for the placing at his or their disposal, for the purposes of any function of a party to the agreement under any enactment (including an enactment in any local Act) or any instrument whether passed or made before or after the passing of this Act, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services of persons employed by the local authority and of any premises, equipment and other facilities under their control.

[F35 (1A) A local authority within the meaning of section 33 of the M10 Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 may enter into an agreement with the Minister of Transport for the placing at his disposal, for the purpose of any of the relevant functions within the meaning of the said Act of 1969, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services of persons employed by the local authority and of any premises, equipment and other facilities under their control.]

(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that for superannuation purposes, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, service rendered by a person whose services are placed by a local authority at the disposal of the Secretary of State [F33 or the Minister of Transport] or another local authority in pursuance of this section is service rendered to the first-mentioned local authority.

(3) In this section . . . F36 “premises” includes land and buildings.

Textual Amendments

F33 Words inserted by Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 (c. 27), Sch. 1 para. 10(a)(c)

F34 Words in s. 35(1) substituted (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(1)

F35 S. 35(1A) added by Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 (c. 27), Sch. 1 para. 10(b)

F36 Words repealed, by Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 (c. 27), Sch. 1 para. 10(d), Sch. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 S. 35 applied (temp. from 6.4.1995 until 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/789, art. 2, Sch. para. 1

S. 35 extended (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 36, Sch. 5 para. 1 (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2

C9 S. 35(1)(2) applied with modification by Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 24(5)

C10 Functions of Minister of Transport now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681

C11 S. 35(3) applied by Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 24(5)

Marginal Citations

M10 1969 c. 27.

36, 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37 S

Textual Amendments

F37 Ss. 11(3), 36, 37, 39, Sch. 5 paras. 1, 4 repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

38 Amendment of section 187 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. S

The fee payable to clerks of the peace when justices of the peace qualify as such shall henceforth be paid by the county council or town council concerned, and accordingly there shall be inserted at the end of section 187 of the M11 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 the following words:—

“ In this section ”fees’ includes the fee for the time being prescribed by virtue of section 29 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1959 which is payable to clerks of the peace when justices of the peace qualify as such. ”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 Functions of clerk of the peace now generally exercisable in each commission area by an officer of local authority concerned: District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 20), s. 18

Marginal Citations

M11 1947 c. 43.

39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38 S

Textual Amendments

F38 Ss. 11(3), 36, 37, 39, Sch. 5 paras. 1, 4 repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

40 Interpretation of “public utility undertaking” in section 379(1) of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. S

For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the definition of “public utility undertaking” in section 379(1) of the M12 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 does not include an aerodrome undertaking or any business ancillary thereto.

Marginal Citations

M12 1947 c. 43.

41 Payments by local authorities to offset effect of selective employment tax. S

A local authority within the meaning of [F39 the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997] may make to any person such payments as the authority consider appropriate for the purpose of offsetting, either wholly or in part, payments by way of the selective employment tax made by that person in respect of persons employed for the purposes of any contract entered into by the authority before 4th May 1966.

Textual Amendments

F39 Words in s. 41 substituted (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)

42 Amendment of certain enactments relating to licences. S

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

(2) The enactments mentioned in the first column of Part II of Schedule 4 to this Act (which specify fees or maximum fees for licences, certificates or permits to which those enactments relate or for registration under those enactments) may be amended, by an order made by the Minister or department specified in relation to the enactment in question in the second column of the said Part II, so as to vary any sum specified by that enactment or so as to provide that any sum payable under that enactment shall cease to be so payable; and an order under this subsection may be limited to such cases as may be specified by the order and may make different provision for different cases specified by the order.

(3) Any statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F40 Ss. 42(1), 48(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I, Sch. 6 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 S. 42: transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 7)

43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41 S

Textual Amendments

F41 S. 43 repealed by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF, 81:1), s. 41, Sch. 7 Pt. IV

44 Game Licences. S

(1) The duties chargeable in Scotland under the M13 Game Licences Act 1860 and section 5 of the M14 Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1883 shall be levied by [F42 local authorities]and accordingly those duties shall cease to be Excise duties.

(2) The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as it seems necessary or expedient to make for giving effect to the foregoing subsection, and without prejudice to that generality may make provision for—

(a) transferring to [F42 islands and district councils] the powers of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in relation to duties and licences under the said Act of 1860;

(b)(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43

(d) the form of, and the keeping of registers of, such licences.

(3) Any statutory instrument containing an order made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4) This section shall come into force on 16th May 1967.

Textual Amendments

F42 Words in s. 44(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 67(3); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)

F43 S. 44(2)(b)(c) repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 11 Pt. II

Marginal Citations

M13 1860 c. 90.

M14 1883 c. 10.

45 Orders and regulations. S

(1) Any power conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act to make an order or regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) Any power conferred by this Act to make an order includes the power to vary or revoke the order by a subsequent order made in the like manner and subject to the like conditions.

46 General interpretation. S

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act of 1963” means the M15 Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1963;

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44

• “housing revenue account” has the same meaning as in section [F45 203 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987];

• “joint board” includes a combination or joint committee of local authorities;

• “land” includes land covered by water and any interest in or right over land;

• “local authority” means a [F46 council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994];

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

• [F48 “product of a rate of [F49 one new penny] in the pound” and “standard penny rate product” have the meanings assigned to them by section 9 of the Act of 1963;]

• [F50 . . .]

• [F51 “rating authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 30 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

• [F52 “road”has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;]

• “Valuation Acts” means the M16 Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854, . . . F53 the Acts amending that Act [F54 and any other enactment relating to valuation];

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55

• “water undertaking” means an undertaking for the supply of water carried on by a local water authority;

• “year” has the meaning assigned to it by section 26(2) of the Act of 1963; and

• “year of revaluation” has the meaning assigned to it by section [F56 37 of the M17 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975].

(2) References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F44 Definitions repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(3), Sch. 11

F45 Words (which were substituted by Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 46), Sch. 9 para. 13) substituted by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 11

F46 Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 122, Sch. 9 para. 68

F47 Definition of “local water authority” repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 78), Sch. 6 Pt. II

F48 Definitions repealed (1.4.1994) by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2), s. 34, Sch. 6

F49 S. 46(1): words in definition of “local authority” substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 67(4)(a); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)

F50 S. 46(1): definition of “rate” repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1994/3150, art. 4(d), Sch. 2

F51 S. 46(1): definition of “rating authority” substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 67(4)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)

F52 Definition substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 58

F53 Word repealed by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2, 103:2), s. 6, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 23(b)(i)

F54 Words inserted by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2, 103:2), s. 6, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 23(b)(ii)

F55 Definition of “Valuation roll” repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 7

F56 Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 36

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C14 S. 46(1) applied by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), s. 6(1), Sch. 1 para. 1

Marginal Citations

M15 1963 c. 12.

M16 1854 c. 91.

M17 1975 c. 30.

47 Expenses. S

There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament—

(a) any sums required for the payment of grants under this Act or of other expenses of the Secretary of State under this Act; and

(b) any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of such moneys under any other Act.

48 Amendments and repeals. S

(1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57

Textual Amendments

F57 Ss. 42(1), 48(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I, Sch. 6 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C15 The text of ss. 13 para. (b), 21, 48(1), Sch. 5 paras. 2, 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

49 Short title and extent. S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966.

(2) This Act shall extend to Scotland only.