
1 
This Order may be cited as the British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
2 

(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
 “the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;
 “British Telecom” means the company registered at the date of this Order by the name of British Telecommunications plc.;
 “financial year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;
 “non-domestic water rate” shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 40 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980; and
 “prescribed class of lands and heritages” means the class of lands and heritages prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act in article 3 of this Order.
(2) Any reference in this Order to–
(a) lands and heritages occupied by British Telecom includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by British Telecom; and
(b) lands and heritages used for any purpose includes a reference to lands and heritages which are unused but in relation to which it appears that, when next in use, they will be used for such a purpose.
3 
The following class of lands and heritages is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act, namely any lands and heritages in Scotland occupied by any posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, switchgear and other equipment not within a building, or by servitudes or wayleaves, and being lands and heritages occupied by British Telecom and used for the purposes of telecommunications services.
4 
The non-domestic water rate shall not be leviable in respect of the prescribed class of lands and heritages in respect of the financial year 1990-91.
5 
For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1990-91 is hereby prescribed as £14,300,000.
6 
For the purposes of section 6(2) of the 1975 Act, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1990-91 which is prescribed by article 5 shall be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in the amount shown opposite to the name of each such local authority in column 2 of that Schedule.
7 
The following amendments shall be made to the enactments specified in articles 8 and 9 below in their relation to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1990-91.
8 
In section 6(1) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956, after the words “this Act”, there shall be inserted the words “and to any Order made by the Secretary of State under section 6 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975”.
9 

(1) Section 2(1)(c) of the 1975 Act shall be amended by inserting at the end the following:–“
(iii) upon their ceasing to be lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990 (hereinafter referred to as “the 1990 Order”);”.
(2) Section 2(1)(d) of that Act shall be amended by inserting after the words “lands and heritages” the following words:–“
 (other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order)”.
(3) Section 2(1)(f) of that Act shall be amended by inserting at the end the following:–“
 (other than an entry relating to lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order);”.
(4) Section 2(1)(g) of that Act shall be amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:–“
(gg) by entering therein any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order together with the rateable values apportioned by that Order to the local authorities whose areas comprise or form part of the valuation area;”.
(5) In section 2(2)(a) of that Act, after the reference to “subsection (1)(a)”, insert the words “or (gg)”.
(6) In section 3(2) of that Act after the reference to “2(1)(g)” insert the words “or (gg)”.
(7) In section 3(4) of that Act, after the words “lands and heritages” where they appear for the first time, there shall be inserted the following:–“
 (other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order)”.
10 
The British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1985 is hereby revoked.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th March 1990
SCHEDULE
Article 6


(1) (2)
Local authority Apportioned amount
District Councils:–
Berwickshire £ 55,609
Ettrick and Lauderdale  108,930
Roxburgh  102,193
Tweeddale   42,213
Clackmannan   97,352
Falkirk  340,073
Stirling  242,042
Annandale and Eskdale   91,574
Nithsdale  161,996
Stewartry   68,697
Wigtown   83,850
Dunfermline  301,909
Kirkcaldy  355,976
North East Fife  176,163
Aberdeen City  877,916
Banff and Buchan  226,881
Gordon  180,884
Kincardine and Deeside  119,886
Moray  217,945
Badenoch and Strathspey   39,455
Caithness   76,042
Inverness  217,142
Lochaber   63,644
Nairn   25,395
Ross and Cromarty  139,279
Skye and Lochalsh   41,732
Sutherland   45,658
East Lothian  194,269
Edinburgh City  1,702,670
Midlothian  164,384
West Lothian  351,188
Argyll and Bute  211,134
Bearsden and Milngavie   84,130
Clydebank  123,344
Clydesdale  123,457
Cumbernauld  146,783
Cumnock and Doon Valley   82,641
Cunninghame  315,974
Dumbarton  183,593
East Kilbride  210,936
Eastwood   92,642
Glasgow City  2,266,664
Hamilton  260,413
Inverclyde  207,085
Kilmarnock  191,900
Kyle and Carrick  319,548
Monklands  217,050
Motherwell  311,114
Renfrew  548,166
Strathkelvin  170,562
Angus  244,662
Dundee City  488,101
Perth and Kinross  376,200
Islands Councils:–
Orkney   62,760
Shetland   72,442
Western Isles   75,752