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(1) This Order may be cited as the British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1992 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order shall in accordance with section 6(6) of the 1975 Act have effect as from 1st April 1992.
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(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 1992-93.
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 1992-93 is hereby prescribed as £17,300,139.
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 1992-93 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 
For the purposes of section 6(5) of the 1975 Act, 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 1992-93.
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”.
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(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 1992 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the 1992 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 1992 Order)”.
(3) After paragraph (g) of section 2(1) of that Act, there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:—“
(gg) by deleting therefrom, with effect from 1st April 1992, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1992 Order which were entered in the roll before the date of coming into force of that Order;
(ggg) by entering therein, with effect from 1st April 1992, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1992 Order together with the rateable values apportioned by that Order to the local authorities whose areas comprise or form part of the valuation area;”.
(4) In section 3(2) of that Act, for the words from  “and any such person ” to the end, there shall be substituted the following:—“and, where the entry relates to any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1992 Order, any such person may at any time while the roll is in force appeal against the entry but only on the ground that there is a clerical error in that entry.”.
(5) 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 1992 Order)”.
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The British Telecommunicati ons plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990() and the British Telecommunications plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1991() are hereby revoked.
Allan Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th July 1992
SCHEDULE
Article 6

(1) (2)
Local authority Apportioned amount
District Councils:— £
Berwikshire 67,276
Ettrick and Lauderdale 131,784
Roxburgh 123,633
Tweedale 51,070
Clackmannan 117,776
Falkirk 411,420
Stirling 292,822
Annandale and Eskdale 110,786
Nithsdale 195,983
Stewartry 83,110
Wigtown 101,442
Dunfermline 365,249
Kirkcaldy 430,659
North East Fife 213,122
City of Aberdeen 1,062,103
Banff and Buchan 274,481
Gordon 218,834
Kincardine and Deeside 145,038
Moray 263,670
Badenoch and Strathspey 47,733
Caithness 91,996
Inverness 262,699
Lochaber 76,996
Nairn 30,722
Ross and Cromarty 168,500
Skye and Lochalsh 50,488
Sutherland 55,237
East Lothian 235,027
City of Edinburgh 2,059,890
Midlothian 198,871
West Lothian 424,867
Argyll and Bute 255,430
Bearsden and Milngavie 101,780
Clydebank 149,222
Clydesdale 149,359
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 177,578
Cumnock and Doon Valley 99,979
Cunninghame 382,266
Dumbarton 222,111
East Kilbride 255,190
Eastwood 112,078
City of Glasgow 2,742,210
Hamlilton 315,048
Inverclyde 250,531
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 232,160
Kyle and Carrick 386,589
Monklands 262,588
Motherwell 376,385
Renfeew 663,171
Strathkelvin 206,345
Angus 295,992
City of Dundee 590,504
Perth and Kinross 455,127
Islands Councils:— 
Orkney 75,926
Shetland 87,640
Western Isles 91,645