General Rate Act 1967

Meaning of " output " and " standard output "

7 For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, the standard output of the Generating Board is the output of the Central Electricity Authority in the twelve months ending with 31st December 1957, as calculated and certified by the Generating Board, and the standard output of any Area Board is the ouput of that Board in that twelve months, as calculated and certified by that Board; and the expression " output "—

(a) in relation to the Central Electricity Authority or the Generating Board, means the total number of units of electricity supplied by the Authority or Board to Area Boards or direct to consumers in England and Wales;

(b) in relation to an Area Board, means the total number of units of electricity purchased or generated by the Board for supply direct to consumers, together with the estimated number of units of electricity supplied by the South of Scotland Electricity Board direct to consumers in the area of the Area Board, as certified by the South of Scotland Electricity Board.