The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020

Made: 19th February 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 21st February 2020

Coming into force: 1st April 2020

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(2), 24A(4) and 24B(3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 April 2020.

Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

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• (1) The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 2 (rating of unoccupied lands and heritages)—

• (a) omit paragraphs (1)(a)(iii) and (1)(b)(iii)(bb),

• (b) omit paragraph (2)(a)(ii),

• (c) in paragraph (2)(b)(i) for “6 weeks” substitute “ 6 months ”.

• (3) In regulation 3 (rating of lands and heritages partly unoccupied for a short time), in paragraph (2), for “6 weeks” substitute “ 6 months ”.

• (4) In regulation 5, in paragraph (2) (saving provision), omit “and paragraph (d) of Part 2 of the schedule”.

• (5) In the schedule, omit Part 2.

Signed

BEN MACPHERSON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 19th February 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1966 c.51. Section 24 was substituted, and sections 24A and 24B inserted, by sections 154 and 155 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39). All three sections are amended by the Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp. 11). The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 24(2) and 24A(4) were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2018/77.

Editorial notes

[^c23981211]: 1966 c.51. Section 24 was substituted, and sections 24A and 24B inserted, by sections 154 and 155 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39). All three sections are amended by the Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp. 11). The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 24(2) and 24A(4) were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

[^c23981221]: S.S.I. 2018/77.