
2020 No. 43
Rating And Valuation
The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020
Made 19th February 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 21st February 2020
Coming into force 1st April 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(2), 24A(4) and 24B(3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966  and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 April 2020.
Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
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(1) The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Regulations 2018  are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (rating of unoccupied lands and heritages)—
(a) omit paragraphs (1)(a)(iii) and (1)(b)(iii)(bb),
(b) omit paragraph (2)(a)(ii),
(c) in paragraph (2)(b)(i) for  “6 weeks” substitute “
                    6 months
                  ”.
(3) In regulation 3 (rating of lands and heritages partly unoccupied for a short time), in paragraph (2), for  “6 weeks” substitute “
                6 months
              ”.
(4) In regulation 5, in paragraph (2) (saving provision), omit  “and paragraph (d) of Part 2 of the schedule”.
(5) In the schedule, omit Part 2.
BEN MACPHERSON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh
19th February 2020