Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 2589 (S.186)

The Valuation Joint Boards (Scotland) Order 1995

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1995 No. 2589 (S.186)

RATING AND VALUATION

The Valuation Joint Boards (Scotland) Order 1995

Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that the functions of certain valuation authorities should be discharged jointly in accordance with the provisions of this Order:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27(7) to (9) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, he hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Valuation Joint Boards (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 27th October 1995.

    (2)  In this Order—
"the 1973 Act" means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^[2];
"board" means a joint board established under article 2(1) below;
"constituent authority", in relation to a board, means a local authority specified in column 3 of Schedule 1 to this Order opposite the name of the board in question (as shown in column 1 of that Schedule);
"ordinary election" means an ordinary election of councillors in Scotland held in 1999 or in a later year.

Establishment of valuation joint boards
    2.—(1)  There shall, with effect from 8th November 1995, be established in accordance with the following provisions of this Order ten joint boards to be known by the names specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

    (2)  There is hereby delegated to each board all the functions which the constituent authorities of that board would otherwise have had under the Valuation Acts in consequence of section 27 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

Constitution and proceedings of boards
    3.    Schedule 2 to this Order (which makes provision as to the constitution and proceedings of each board) shall have effect.

George Kynoch

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

3rd October 1995

[1] 1994 c. 39. back

[2] 1973 c. 65. back

Explanatory Note