The British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1048
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

Section 2 Amendment of Order

The British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1995 is hereby amended in accordance with articles 3 and 4 below.

Section 3 Amendment of Order

In article 5 (aggregate amount of rateable values)–

(a) before the words “For the purposes”, there shall be inserted “(1)”;

(b) in paragraph (b), for the words “each of the following four financial years” there shall be substituted the words “the financial year 1996-97”; and

(c) for the word “where–”, there shall be substituted the following:–

(c) for the financial year 1997-98 and each of the following two financial years, shall be calculated in accordance with the formula–

(2) In sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (1) above–

Section 4 Amendment of Order

In article 6 (apportionment of aggregate amount)–

(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “article 5(a)” there shall be substituted the words “article 5(1)(a)”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), for the words “article 5(b)” there shall be substituted the words “article 5(1)(b) or (c)”.