
2022 No. 368
Rating And Valuation
The Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Order 2022
Made 8th December 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 12th December 2022
Coming into force 6th February 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(1) and 42 of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1 
This Order may be cited as the Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Order 2022 and comes into force on 6 February 2023.
Interpretation
2 
In this Order—
 “appeal” means an appeal under section 3(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975,
 “complaint” means a complaint under section 13 of the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854 or section 6 of the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1879,
 “valuation roll” means a roll made up under section 1(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975,
 “Valuation Acts” means the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854, the Acts amending that Act and any other enactment relating to valuation,
 “year” means a period of 12 months beginning with 1 April,
 “year of revaluation” has the meaning given in section 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975.
Basis of valuations
3 
For the purposes of the Valuation Acts, valuations must be made—
(a) on the basis of the levels of rents as at 1 April in the year preceding a year of revaluation, and
(b) on the basis of the physical circumstances of properties as at 15 March in the year preceding a year of revaluation.
Prescribed dates
4 
For the purposes of the Valuation Acts, the things specified in column 1 of schedule 1 of this Order must be done on the date specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that schedule or, where the date specified is a last date, on or before that date.
Application
5 
Articles 3 and 4 apply only to a valuation roll which comes into force on or after 1 April 2023.
Revocations
6 

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Orders listed in schedule 2 of this order are revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of that schedule.
(2) Subject to the modification made by article 7, the  Orders referred to in paragraph (1) continue to have effect in relation to any appeal or complaint against an entry in a valuation roll which came into force between 1 April 1995 and 31 March 2023, where the appeal or complaint is made on or before 31 March 2023.
Appeals and complaints lodged between 1 January 2020 and 31 March 2023
7. 

(1) In respect of an appeal or a complaint lodged during the period beginning with 1 January 2020 and ending with 31 March 2023, the last date for disposal of the appeal or complaint by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland is 31 December 2024.
(2) In this article “First-tier Tribunal for Scotland” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland established by section 1 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014.
TOM ARTHUR
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th December 2022
SCHEDULE 1
Prescribed dates
Article 4


Column 1 Column 2
Last date for the assessor to send certified copies of estimates of revaluation to rating authorities and the Scottish Ministers, in accordance with section 7(4) of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1963 30 November in the year preceding a year of revaluation.
Date for publication by the assessor of a draft of the valuation roll, in accordance with section 1B(1)(a) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 30 November in the year preceding a year of revaluation.
Date on which the valuation roll under section 1(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 is to be made up by the assessor 15 March in the year preceding a year of revaluation.
Date for the assessor to deliver copies of the valuation roll to the rating authority, in accordance with section 1(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 15 March in the year preceding a year of revaluation.
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Last date for lodging a complaint— Whichever is the later of the following dates—

(a) under section 13 of the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854
(b) under section 6 of the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1879 
(a) 31 July in the year in which the valuation roll containing the entry in relation to which the complaint is made comes into force,
(b) the last day of the period of four months beginning with the date on which the relevant notice under section 3(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 was sent to the proprietor, tenant or occupier.
SCHEDULE 2
Revocations
Article 6


Title Reference Extent of revocation
Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Order 1995 S.I. 1995/164 The whole Order
Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997 S.I. 1997/1781 The whole Order
Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000 S.S.I. 2000/76 The whole Order
Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007 S.S.I. 2007/81 The whole Order
Valuation Timetable (Disposal of Assets and Complaints)(Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 S.S.I. 2020/277 The whole Order
Valuation (Postponement of Revaluation) (Coronavirus)(Scotland) Order 2020 S.S.I. 2020/418 Article 3
Valuation Timetable (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2021 S.S.I. 2021/231 The whole Order
Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022 S.S.I. 2022/139 The whole Order