The Revaluation Rate Rebates (Scotland) Order 1987

Procedure for granting rebates

5.—(1) The rating authority for each area shall ascertain those lands and heritages which qualify for a rebate under section 1(2) of the 1985 Act and by 1st June 1988 shall grant the rebate appropriate to those lands and heritages.

(2) A rebate may be granted either by making a payment of the amount of the rebate or by reducing the amount of rates payable by the amount of the rebate.

(3) By 8th June 1988 the rating authority shall publish in a newspaper circulating in their area a notice notifying ratepayers that any ratepayer who considers that he is entitled to a rebate but who either—

(a) has not been granted a rebate, or

(b) considers that the amount of the rebate granted is incorrect,

may within 28 days of the date of publication of the notice submit an application for a rebate under the 1985 Act in writing to the rating authority, in or as nearly as may be in the form contained in the Schedule to this Order.

(4) An application submitted under paragraph (3) above shall be determined by the rating authority and on determining the application the rating authority shall forthwith—

(a) where they have refused the application, advise the applicant in writing, and

(b) where they have granted the application either in whole or in part, grant the rebate.

(5) If the rating authority fail to make a determination in accordance with paragraph (4) above within 28 days of the submission of an application under paragraph (3) above they shall be deemed to have refused the application.