1997 No. 2827 (S. 180)

RATING AND VALUATION

The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997
Made
21st November 1997
Laid before Parliament
28th November 1997
Coming into force
22nd December 1997
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraphs 1(3)(c) and (5), 3(2)(b) and 4(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 22nd December 1997.
2
In this Order–
- “the Act” means the Local Government and Rating Act 1997;
- “the Census Report” means the publication “1991 Census -Key Statistics for Localities in Scotland” (ISBN 0 11 495736 3) which was published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in 1995 and was laid before Parliament pursuant to section 4(1) of the Census Act 1920 .

Designation of rural areas
2
1
There are designated as rural areas for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act (rural settlement list) each of the local authority areas specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order under exclusion of the localities specified in columns 2 and 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of the local authority area in question.
2
The boundaries of the localities–
a
specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order shall be the boundaries of those localities used for the purposes of the Census Report and referred to at paragraphs 4.1 to 4.18 of that publication;
b
specified in column 3 of that Schedule shall be as notified by the Secretary of State no later than 19th December 1997 to the local authority within the area of which the locality in question lies.

Rateable value limits
3
1
£5,000 is the amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (mandatory rate relief – maximum rateable value).
2
£10,000 is the amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (discretionary rate relief – maximum rateable value).
Malcolm Chisholm
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
21st November 1997
SCHEDULE

DESIGNATED RURAL AREAS
Article 2
Local authority area | Excluded localities
1 | 2 | 3
Aberdeenshire | Banchory Banff Boddam Ellon Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Kemnay Macduff Peterhead Portlethen Stonehaven Turiff Westhill
Angus | Arbroath Brechin Carnoustie Dundee Forfar Hillside Kirriemuir Montrose | Ferryden
Argyll and Bute | Ardrishaig Campbeltown Dunoon Helensburgh Lochgilphead Oban Port Bannatyne Rhu and Shandon Rothesay Sandbank
East Ayrshire | Auchinleck Bellsbank Cumnock Dalmellington and Burnton Darvel Galston Hurlford and Crookedholm Kilmarnock Logan Mauchline New Cumnock Newmilns Stewarton
North Ayrshire | Ardrossan Beith Dalry Dreghorn Irvine Kilbirnie Kilwinning Largs Saltcoats Springside Stevenston West Kilbride
South Ayrshire | Ayr Girvan Maybole Prestwick Troon
Clackmannanshire | Alloa Alva Clackmannan Tillicoultry Tullibody | Coalsnaughton
Dumfries and Galloway | Annan Castle Douglas Dalbeattie Dumfries Gretna Kirkcudbright Locharbriggs Lockerbie Newton Stewart Stranraer
East Dunbartonshire | Bearsden Bishopbriggs Kirkintilloch Lennoxtown Lenzie Milngavie Milton of Campsie | Twechar
West Dunbartonshire | Alexandria Bonhill Clydebank Dumbarton Duntocher and Hardgate Faifley Milton Old Kilpatrick Renton
Falkirk | Banknock Bo'ness Bonnybridge Carron Denny Dunipace Falkirk Grangemouth Haggs Polmont Shieldhill Stenhousemuir | California
Fife | Anstruther Ballingry Buckhaven Burntisland Cardenden Cowdenbeath Crossgates Cupar Dalgety Bay Dunfermline East Wemyss Glenrothes High Valleyfield Inverkeithing Kelty Kennoway Kincardine Kirkcaldy Leslie Leuchars Leven Lochgelly Lundin Links Markinch Newport-On-Tay North Queensferry Oakley Pittenweem St Andrews St Monans Tayport Thornton Windygates | Coaltown of Balgonie Guardbridge Springfield Stratheden
Highland | Alness Balloch Culloden Dingwall Fort William Invergordon Inverness Nairn Smithton Tain Thurso Westhill Wick
Inverclyde | Gourock Greenock Kilmacolm Port Glasgow
North Lanarkshire | Airdrie Bargeddie Bellshill Calderbank Carfin Chapelhall Chryston Cleland Coatbridge Croy Cumbernauld Glenmavis Gowkthrapple Holytown Kilsyth Moodiesburn Motherwell Muirhead Newarthill Newmains New Stevenston Overtown Plains Shotts Stepps Viewpark Wishaw | Gartcosh Queenzieburn
South Lanarkshire | Ashgill Blantyre Bothwell Carluke East Kilbride Glasgow Hamilton Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood Lanark Larkhall Lesmahagow Stonehouse Strathaven Uddingston | Kirkfieldbank
East Lothian | Cockenzie Dunbar Haddington Musselburgh North Berwick Prestonpans Tranent
Midlothian | Bilston Bonnyrigg Dalkeith Gorebridge Loanhead Mayfield Penicuik
West Lothian | Armadale Bathgate Blackburn Broxburn Dechmont East Calder Fauldhouse Linlithgow Livingston Polbeth West Calder Whitburn | Murieston Seafield
Moray | Buckie Elgin Forres Keith Lossiemouth | Findhorn Portgordon
Orkney Islands | Kirkwall
Perth and Kinross | Auchterarder Blairgowrie Crieff Kinross Milnathort New Scone Perth
East Renfrewshire | Barrhead Busby Clarkston Eaglesham Giffnock Neilston Newton Mearns
Renfrewshire | Bishopton Bridge of Weir Elderslie Erskine Houston Inchinnan Johnstone Kilbarchan Linwood Paisley Renfrew | Brookfield
Scottish Borders | Eyemouth Galashiels Hawick Jedburgh Kelso Peebles Selkirk
Shetland Islands | Lerwick Scalloway
Stirling | Bannockburn Bridge of Allan Dunblane Stirling
Western Isles | Laxdale Stornoway | Coll Sandwick Tong
(This note is not part of the Order)
Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 makes provision for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates for certain general stores and post offices, and discretionary relief for property used for purposes beneficial to the local community, in settlements of less than 3,000 people in areas of Scotland designated as rural areas by the Secretary of State.
Article 2 of this Order designates for the purposes of these provisions the local authority areas specified in column 1 of the Schedule to the Order, under exclusion of the localities specified in columns 2 and 3 of that Schedule. The boundaries of the localities specified in column 2 are those used for the purposes of the publication “1991 Census -Key Statistics for Localities in Scotland”, copies of which may be purchased from Stationery Office Bookshops. The boundaries of the localities specified in column 3 will be as notified by the Secretary of State to the local authorities in question no later than 19th December 1997.
Article 3 prescribes maxima of rateable value, above which property will not be eligible for the relief. £5,000 is prescribed in relation to mandatory relief, and £10,000 in relation to discretionary relief.
1997 c. 29.
1920 c. 41.