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Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c.60)

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Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956

1956 CHAPTER 60 4_and_5_Eliz_2

Contents

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  1. Part I

    Valuation

    1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 6. Ascertainment of gross annual value, net annual value and rateable value of lands and heritages

    7. 6A. Power of Secretary of State to combine and divide lands and heritages

    8. 7. Ascertainment of gross annual value, net annual value and rateable value of lands and heritages

    9. 7A. Provisions relating to lands and heritages used for fish farming and dwelling houses occupied in connection therewith

    10. 7B. Rateable value of certain buildings used for breeding or rearing horses

    11. 8. Subjects to be excluded from valuation roll

    12. 8A. Common parts of shopping malls not to be entered separately in valuation roll

    13. 8AA. Exemption from valuation and rating of certain moorings

    14. 8B. Property used for road user charging scheme to be excluded from valuation roll

    15. 9. Duties of assessors

    16. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    17. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    18. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    19. 13. Times for giving notices. etc

    20. 14. Stated case to Lands Valuation Appeal Court to set forth reasons for decision

    21. 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    Rating

    1. 16. Transference of liability for owners’ rates and consequential reduction of rents

    2. 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 20A. Contributions by police authorities

    7. 21. Contributions in aid of rates by Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses

    8. 22. Exemption of churches, etc. from rates

    9. 22A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 23. Provisions as to the rates payable by charitable and other organisations

  3. Part III

    Valuation and Rating of Gas Boards

    1. 24. Valuation and rating of Gas Boards

    2. 25.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    Exchequer Grants

    1. 26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 28. Amendment of s. 11 (1) of Act of 1954

    4. 29. Duration of Part IV

  5. Part V

    Miscellaneous and Consequential Provisions

    1. 30. Calculation or apportionment of sums to be according to net annual valuation

    2. 31.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 33. Amendment of ss. 239 to 241 of Act of 1947

    5. 34. Amendment of s. 248 of Act of 1947

    6. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    7. 36. Amendment of Seventh Schedule to Housing (Scotland) Act, 1950

    8. 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. 38. Amendment of s. 1 (9) of Land Drainage (Scotland) Act, 1941

    10. 39.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. 40.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 41. Financial Provisions

    13. 42. Provisions as to orders

    14. 43. Interpretation

    15. 44.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    16. 45. Short title and extent

  6. FIRST SCHEDULE

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  7. SECOND SCHEDULE

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  8. THIRD SCHEDULE

    Reduction of Rents

  9. FOURTH SCHEDULE

    New Provisions for Rating Gas Boards

  10. FIFTH SCHEDULE

  11. SIXTH SCHEDULE

  12. SEVENTH SCHEDULE

An Act to amend the law regarding valuation and rating in Scotland; to amend the provisions of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954, with respect to the payment of Exchequer Grants to local authorities in Scotland and with respect to the apportionment of the expenditure of joint bodies among their constituent authorities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[2nd August 1956]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C2Act explained by National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 16, SIF 78), s. 20

C3Act modified by Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47, SIF 77:2), ss. 1 (6), 43, 45 (2), Sch. 1 para. 2 (4), Sch. 4 para. 3 (1)

C4Act modified by Dockyard Services Act 1986 (c. 52, SIF 58), s. 3 (1) (c)

C5Act modified by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 103:2), ss. 4 (1), 26 (1)

C6Act applied by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 103:2), ss. 5 (7), 26 (1)

C7Act (as included in Valuation Acts) applied (1.4.1993) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 111(9) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4)); S.I. 1993/575, art. 2(a)

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.