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Scottish Statutory Instruments
RATING AND VALUATION
Made
18th February 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
20th February 2025
Coming into force
1st April 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7B(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975( 1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 2025 and comes into force on 1 April 2025.
2. For the purposes of section 7B of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, the Scottish Ministers specify a rate of 49.8 pence per pound as the non-domestic rate to be levied through Scotland in respect of the financial year 2025-2026.
IVAN MCKEE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew's House
Edinburgh
18th February 2025
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies a rate of 49.8 pence in the pound as the non-domestic rate to be levied throughout Scotland in respect of the financial year 2025-2026. A rate of 49.8 pence in the pound was also prescribed by the Scottish Ministers as the non-domestic rate for the financial years 2022-2023 ( S.S.I. 2022/36), 2023-2024 ( S.S.I. 2023/29), and 2024-2025 ( S.S.I. 2024/3).
1975 c. 30. Section 7B was inserted by section 110(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)(“ the 1992 Act”) and amended by paragraph 100(4) of schedule 13 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39). Section 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 contains a definition of “prescribed” which is relevant to the exercise of the powers under which this Order is made and which was amended by paragraph 43(c) of schedule 13 of the 1992 Act and by S.S.I. 2016/123. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).