
1 
This Order may be cited as the Electricity Transmission Lands (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.
2 

(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
 “the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;
 “a Company” means—
(a) Scottish Power plc; or
(b) Scottish Hydro-Electric 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 a Company includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by a Company; 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 a Company and wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the transmission of electricity or for ancillary purposes.
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 1995-96.
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—
(a) for the financial year 1995-96, is hereby prescribed as £28,707,459;
(b) for each of the following four financial years, shall be ascertained by adding together the amounts apportioned in respect of the lands and heritages within that class occupied by each Company for the year in question (calculated as provided for in article 6(2) below).
6 

(1) The aggregate amount referred to in article 5(a) above is hereby apportioned as—
(a) £21,541,609 in respect of lands and heritages occupied by Scottish Power plc; and
(b) £7,165,850 in respect of lands and heritages occupied by Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
(2) That part of the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages to be apportioned for each of the four financial years following the financial year 1995-96 in respect of the lands and heritages occupied by each Company shall be calculated in accordance with the formula—A×BCwhere—Ais the apportioned amount for that Company for the financial year immediately prior to the year for which the calculation is being carried out;Bis the estimated number of circuit kilometres of main transmission line in Scotland occupied by that Company on the day falling 1 year before the beginning of the financial year for which the calculation is being carried out; andCis the estimated number of circuit kilometres of main transmission line in Scotland so occupied on the day falling 2 years before the beginning of that year. 
7 

(1) 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 1995-96 which is prescribed by article 5(a) above shall—
(a) in respect of such lands and heritages as are occupied by Scottish Power plc, be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in the amount shown opposite the name of each such local authority in column 2 of that Schedule; and
(b) in respect of such lands and heritages as are occupied by Scottish Hydro-Electric plc, be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of that Schedule in the amount shown opposite the name of each such local authority in column 3 of that Schedule.
(2) For those purposes, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for each of the four financial years following the financial year 1995-96 (ascertained in accordance with article 5(b) above) shall—
(a) in respect of such lands and heritages as are occupied by Scottish Power plc, be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in accordance with the formula—D×E1000where—
 D is the apportioned amount for Scottish Power plc for the financial year in question; and
 E is the figure shown in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of the local authority in question; and 
(b) in respect of such lands and heritages as are occupied by Scottish Hydro-Electric plc, be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in accordance with the formula—F×G1000where—
 F is the apportioned amount for Scottish Hydro-Electric plc for the financial year in question; and
 G is the figure shown in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of the local authority in question. 
8 
The following amendments shall be made to the enactments specified in articles 9 and 10 below in their relation to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1995-96 and the four following financial years.
9 
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”.
10 

(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 Electricity Transmission Lands (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1995 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the 1995 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 1995 Order)”.
(3) After paragraph (g) of section 2(1) of that Act there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—“
(gg) by entering therein, in relation to a Company as defined in the 1995 Order, any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in that Order together with the rateable values determined and, where appropriate, apportioned by the assessor in accordance with that Order;”.
(4) In paragraph (a) of section 2(2) of that Act, after the words “subsection (1)(a)” there shall be inserted the words “or (gg)”.
(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 1995 Order)”.
George Kynoch
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
15th February 1995
SCHEDULE 1
Article 7(1)


(1) (2) (3)
Local authority Apportioned amount — Scottish Power plc Apportioned amount — Scottish Hydro-Electric plc
 £ £
District Councils:
Berwickshire 738,958 —
Ettrick and Lauderdale 930,257 —
Roxburgh 310,086 —
Clackmannan 391,185 —
Falkirk 923,101 —
Stirling 1,218,875 —
Annandale and Eskdale 1,385,845 —
Nithsdale 367,332 —
Stewartry 1,099,612 —
Wigtown 751,362 —
Dunfermline 863,279 —
Kirkcaldy 562,925 —
North East Fife 214,675 —
City of Aberdeen — 118,533
Banff and Buchan — 304,414
Gordon — 689,646
Kincardine and Deeside — 336,741
Moray — 630,379
Badenoch and Strathspey — 396,007
Caithness — 172,411
Inverness — 678,870
Lochaber — 175,105
Nairn — 80,818
Ross and Cromarty — 371,762
Skye and Lochalsh — 153,554
Sutherland — 592,664
East Lothian 735,713 —
City of Edinburgh 875,110 —
Midlothian 270,013 —
West Lothian 738,958 —
Argyll and Bute 324,397 530,704
Bearsden and Milngavie 155,520 —
Clydebank 62,971 —
Clydesdale 503,293 —
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 243,298 —
Cumnock and Doon Valley 293,389 —
Cunninghame 964,605 —
Dumbarton 830,076 158,942
East Kilbride 412,653 —
Eastwood 197,978 —
City of Glasgow 846,773 —
Hamilton 305,315 —
Inverclyde 486,596 —
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 608,245 —
Kyle and Carrick 493,752 —
Monklands 197,978 —
Motherwell 523,806 —
Renfrew 1,432,215 —
Strathkelvin 224,216 —
Angus — 355,600
City of Dundee — 304,414
Perth and Kinross 57,247 1,115,286
SCHEDULE 2
Article 7(2)


(1) (2) (3)
Local authority Apportionment figure — Scottish Power plc Apportionment figure — Scottish Hydro-Electric plc
 £ £
City of Aberdeen
— 17
Aberdeenshire — 186
Angus — 53
Argyll and Bute 28 82
East Ayrshire 42 —
North Ayrshire 45 —
South Ayrshire 23 —
The Borders 92 —
Clackmannan 18 —
Dumbarton and Clydebank 28 14
Dumfries and Galloway 166 —
East Dunbartonshire 16 —
City of Dundee — 38
City of Edinburgh 41 —
Falkirk 43 —
Fife 76 —
City of Glasgow 36 —
Highland — 366
Inverclyde 23 —
North Lanarkshire 47 —
South Lanarkshire 60 —
East Lothian 34 —
Midlothian 13 —
West Lothian 34 —
Moray — 88
Perthshire and Kinross 3 156
East Renfrewshire 17 —
Renfrewshire 58 —
Stirling 57 —