Clause 20. — (Liability to Be Rated in Respect of Certain Unoccupied Property.)

Part of Local Government (Scotland) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 November 1966.

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Photo of Dr Dickson Mabon Dr Dickson Mabon , Greenock 12:00, 9 November 1966

I beg to move, Amendment No. 31, in page 14, line 12 to leave out subsection (5) and to insert: (5) Where lands and heritages which are unoccupied become occupied on any day and become unoccupied again on the expiration of a period of less than six weeks beginning with that day, then, for the purpose of ascertaining any period of three months during which the lands and heritages have been continuously unoccupied and any relevant period of vacancy in respect of the lands and heritages, they shall be deemed to have remained unoccupied on that day and during that period. This is a drafting Amendment, which simplifies and shortens the subsection.