RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the British Alcan Primary and Recycling Ltd. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires– “the 1975 Act ” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975; “ the Company ” means the Company registered at the date of this Order by the name of British Alcan Primary and Recycling Ltd.; “financial year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April; “non-domestic water rate” shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 40 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 ; and “prescribed class of lands and heritages” means the class of lands and heritages prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act in article 3 of this Order. 2 Any reference in this Order to– a lands and heritages occupied by the Company includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by the Company; and b lands and heritages used for any purpose includes a reference to lands and heritages which are unused but in relation to which it appears that, when next in use, they will be used for such a purpose. Prescribed class of lands and heritages 3 The following class of lands and heritages is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act, namely any lands and heritages in the district of Lochaber in the Highland Region which are occupied by the Company and used wholly or mainly for the purpose of generating electricity by water power wholly or mainly for the manufacture of aluminium. Non-domestic water rate 4 The non-domestic water rate shall not be leviable in respect of the prescribed class of lands and heritages in respect of the financial year 1990-91. Aggregate amount of rateable values for financial year 1990-91 5 For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1990-91 is hereby prescribed as £178,750. Amendment of enactments 6 The following amendments shall be made to the enactments specified in articles 7 and 8 below in their relation to the valuation of the prescribed class of lands and heritages for the financial year 1990-91. 7 In section 6(1) of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 , after the words “this Act”, there shall be inserted the words “and to any Order made by the Secretary of State under section 6 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975”. 8 1 Section 2(1)(c) of the 1975 Act shall be amended by inserting at the end the following:– iii upon their ceasing to be lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the British Alcan Primary and Recycling Ltd. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1990 (hereinafter referred to as “the 1990 Order”); . 2 Section 2(1)(d) of that Act shall be amended by inserting after the words “lands and heritages” the following words:– (other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order) . 3 Section 2(1)(f) of that Act shall be amended by inserting at the end the following:– (other than an entry relating to lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order); . 4 Section 2(1)(g) of that Act shall be amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:– gg by entering therein any lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order together with the aggregate amount of the rateable values prescribed by article 5 of that Order; . 5 In section 2(2)(a) of that Act, after the reference to “subsection (1)(a)”, insert the words “or (gg)”. 6 In section 3(2) of that Act, after the reference to “2(1)(g)”, insert the words “or (gg)”. 7 In section 3(4) of that Act, after the words “lands and heritages” where they appear for the first time, there shall be inserted the following:– (other than lands and heritages within the class of lands and heritages prescribed in the 1990 Order) . Revocation 9 The British Alcan Aluminium Limited and Lochaber Power Company (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1985 is hereby revoked. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 30th March 1990