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(1) This Order may be cited as the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.
(2) In this Order–
 “the Act” means the Local Government and Rating Act 1997;
 “the Census Report” means the publication “Scotland’s Census 2001, Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland” which was published by the General Register Office for Scotland in 2003 and was laid before the Scottish Parliament pursuant to section 4(1) of the Census Act 1920.
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(1) There are designated as rural areas for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act (rural settlement list) each of the local authority areas specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order under exclusion of the localities specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of the local authority area in question.
(2) The boundaries of the localities specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall be the boundaries of those localities used for the purposes of the Census Report and as these are delineated on the maps annexed to that publication.
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(1) The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (mandatory relief) shall be–
(a) in the case of any lands and heritages which, in whole or in part, are used as a qualifying general store, qualifying food store or qualifying post office, £7,000; and
(b) in the case of any lands and heritages which satisfy the conditions prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of that Schedule, £10,500.
(2) The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (discretionary rate relief – maximum rateable value) is £14,000.
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The orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked.
TOM McCABE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
1st March 2005
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


Local authority area Excluded localities
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Aberdeenshire Banchory
 Banff
 Ellon
 Fraserburgh
 Huntly
 Inverurie
 Kemnay
 Macduff
 Peterhead
 Portlethen
 Stonehaven
 Turiff
 Westhill
Angus Arbroath
 Brechin
 Carnoustie
 Dundee
 Forfar
 Kirriemuir
 Montrose
Argyll and Bute Ardrishaig
 Campbeltown
 Dunoon
 Helensburgh
 Lochgilphead
 Oban
 Port Bannatyne
 Rhu and Shandon
 Rothesay
 Sandbank
East Ayrshire Auchinleck
 Bellsbank
 Cumnock
 Dalmellington and Burnton
 Darvel
 Galston
 Hurlford and Crookedholm
 Kilmarnock
 Logan
 Mauchline
 New Cumnock
 Newmilns
 Stewarton
North Ayrshire Ardrossan
 Beith
 Dalry
 Dreghorn
 Irvine
 Kilbirnie
 Kilwinning
 Largs
 Saltcoats
 Springside
 Stevenston
 West Kilbride
South Ayrshire Ayr
 Girvan
 Maybole
 Prestwick
 Troon
Clackmannanshire Alloa
 Alva
 Clackmannan
 Tillicoultry
 Tullibody
Dumfries and Galloway Annan
 Castle Douglas
 Dalbeattie
 Dumfries
 Kirkcudbright
 Locharbriggs
 Lockerbie
 Newton Stewart
 Stranraer
East Dunbartonshire Bearsden
 Bishopbriggs
 Kirkintilloch
 Lennoxtown
 Lenzie
 Milngavie
 Milton of Campsie
West Dunbartonshire Alexandria
 Bonhill
 Clydebank
 Dumbarton
 Duntocher and Hardgate
 Faifley
 Milton
 Old Kilpatrick
 Renton
Falkirk Bo'ness
 Bonnybridge
 Carron
 Denny
 Falkirk
 Grangemouth
 Hallglen
 Polmont
 Stenhousemuir
Fife Anstruther
 Ballingry
 Buckhaven
 Burntisland
 Cardenden
 Cowdenbeath
 Crossgates
 Cupar
 Dalgety Bay
 Dunfermline
 East Wemyss
 Glenrothes
 Inverkeithing
 Kelty
 Kennoway
 Kincardine
 Kirkcaldy
 Leslie
 Leuchars
 Leven
 Lochgelly
 Markinch
 Newport-on-Tay
 North Queensferry
 Oakley
 Pittenweem
 Rosyth
 St Andrews
 St Monans
 Tayport
 Thornton
 Windygates
Highland Alness
 Culloden
 Dingwall
 Fort William
 Invergordon
 Inverness
 Nairn
 Smithton
 Tain
 Thurso
 Westhill
 Wick
Inverclyde Gourock
 Greenock
 Kilmacolm
 Port Glasgow
North Lanarkshire Airdrie
 Bargeddie
 Bellshill
 Blackwood
 Calderbank
 Carfin
 Chapelhall
 Chryston
 Cleland
 Coatbridge
 Croy
 Cumbernauld
 Glenmavis
 Gowkthrapple
 Holytown
 Kilsyth
 Moodiesburn
 Motherwell
 Muirhead
 Newarthill
 Newmains
 New Stevenston
 Overtown
 Plains
 Shotts
 Stepps
 Viewpark
 Wishaw
South Lanarkshire Ashgill
 Blantyre
 Bothwell
 Carluke
 East Kilbride
 Glasgow
 Hamilton
 Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood
 Lanark
 Larkhall
 Lesmahagow
 Stonehouse
 Strathaven
 Uddingston
East Lothian Cockenzie
 Dunbar
 Haddington
 Musselburgh
 North Berwick
 Prestonpans
 Tranent
Midlothian Bilston
 Bonnyrigg
 Dalkeith
 Gorebridge
 Loanhead
 Mayfield
 Penicuik
West Lothian Addiebrownhill
 Armadale
 Bathgate
 Blackburn
 Broxburn
 East Calder
 Fauldhouse
 Linlithgow
 Livingston
 Polbeth
 Stoneyburn
 West Calder
 Whitburn
Moray Buckie
 Elgin
 Forres
 Keith
 Lossiemouth
Orkney Islands Kirkwall
Perth and Kinross Auchterarder
 Blairgowrie
 Crieff
 Kinross
 New Scone
 Perth
East Renfrewshire Barrhead
 Busby
 Clarkston
 Eaglesham
 Giffnock
 Neilston
 Newton Mearns
Renfrewshire Bishopton
 Bridge of Weir
 Elderslie
 Erskine
 Houston
 Inchinnan
 Johnstone
 Kilbarchan
 Linwood
 Paisley
 Renfrew
Scottish Borders Eyemouth
 Galashiels
 Hawick
 Jedburgh
 Kelso
 Peebles
 Selkirk
Shetland Islands Lerwick
Stirling Bannockburn
 Bridge of Allan
 Dunblane
 Stirling
Western Isles Stornoway
SCHEDULE 2
Article 4


Orders revoked References
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997 S.I.1997/2827; partially revoked by S.S.I. 2004/91.
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000 S.S.I. 2000/57.
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003 S.S.I. 2003/141.
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2004 S.S.I. 2004/91.