1988 No. 1904 (S.182)

RATING AND VALUATION

The Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Regulations 1988

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3(2) and (5)(a)(ii) and 26(1) of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 19871 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and, as required by the said section 3(2), with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 24th November 1988.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987.

Base rate3

For the purposes of section 3 of the Act2 (non-domestic rates of local authorities) the amount of the base rate in respect of Shetland Islands Council is prescribed as 61.1 pence.

Maximum non-domestic rates for 1989-904

The maximum non-domestic rate which, under section 3 of the Act, may be determined in respect of the financial year 1989-90 by each local authority set out in column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be the rate, expressed as an amount of pence per pound, set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of that local authority, which amount has been calculated in accordance with subsections (3) and (6) of that section.

Ian LangMinister of State, Scottish OfficeSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

We consent,

David LightbownDavid MacleanTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

SCHEDULEMAXIMUM NON-DOMESTIC RATE 1989-90

Regulation 4

Column 1

Column 2

Authority

Amount of pence per pound

Regional Councils

Borders

48.5

Central

56.1

Dumfries and Galloway

51.6

Fife

62.1

Grampian

46.0

Highland

55.6

Lothian

63.9

Strathclyde

61.9

Tayside

57.9

District Councils

Berwickshire

10.1

Ettrick and Lauderdale

11.5

Roxburgh

12.7

Tweeddale

9.7

Clackmannan

20.1

Falkirk

16.4

Stirling

24.3

Annandale and Eskdale

12.2

Nithsdale

12.2

Stewartry

10.6

Wigtown

10.0

Dunfermline

13.6

Kirkcaldy

16.9

North East Fife

15.2

Aberdeen City

14.8

Banff and Buchan

13.2

Gordon

10.6

Kincardine and Deeside

8.7

Moray

11.1

Badenoch and Strathspey

8.5

Caithness

13.2

Inverness

10.1

Lochaber

15.3

Nairn

8.5

Ross and Cromarty

13.2

Skye and Lochalsh

12.7

Sutherland

10.1

East Lothian

18.0

Edinburgh City

17.7

Midlothian

18.0

West Lothian

15.9

Argyll and Bute

20.1

Bearsden and Milngavie

13.8

Clydebank

20.6

Clydesdale

17.8

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

17.5

Cumnock and Doon Valley

18.0

Cunninghame

21.7

Dumbarton

20.1

East Kilbride

15.1

Eastwood

10.6

Glasgow City

28.1

Hamilton

19.1

Inverclyde

16.9

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

19.6

Kyle and Carrick

18.0

Monklands

19.1

Motherwell

17.3

Renfrew

19.1

Strathkelvin

16.9

Angus

14.3

Dundee City

22.8

Perth and Kinross

14.8

Islands Councils

Orkney

52.9

Shetland

62.8

Western Isles

77.6

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the maximum non-domestic rate which a local authority may determine for the financial year 1989-90 (regulation 4 and the Schedule).

They also prescribe a base rate for Shetlands Islands Council (regulation 3). This base rate is one of the elements in accordance with which the maximum non-domestic rate for that local authority has been calculated.