
1 
This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
2 
For the purposes of section 7B of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, the Secretary of State prescribes a rate of 47.4 pence per pound as the non-domestic rate to be levied throughout Scotland in respect of financial year 1998-99.
Calum MacDonald
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd January 1998