
1 
This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Petrol Filling Stations, Public Houses and Hotels) (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
2 
In this Order–
 “a hotel” means lands and heritages where alcoholic liquor may be sold under a hotel licence granted in terms of section 9 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976;
 “a petrol filling station” means lands and heritages where petrol or other automotive fuels are sold by retail to the general public for fuelling motor vehicles intended or adapted for use on roads;
 “a public house” means lands and heritages where alcoholic liquor may be sold under a public house licence granted in terms of section 9 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976; and
 “the ratepayer” means the person occupying the lands and heritages.
3 
The conditions prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 are that the whole or part of the lands and heritages in the settlement concerned is used as–
(a) a petrol filling station, where the ratepayer in relation to that petrol filling station is not the ratepayer in relation to any other petrol filling station in Scotland;
(b) a public house, where–
(i) the ratepayer in relation to that public house is not the ratepayer in relation to any other public house in Scotland; and
(ii) there is no hotel or other public house in the settlement concerned; or
(c) a hotel where–
(i) the ratepayer in relation to that hotel is not the ratepayer in relation to any other hotel in Scotland; and
(ii) there is no public house or other hotel in the settlement concerned.
ANDREW P KERR
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
10th March 2003