SCHEDULE 5RATING OF BRITISH GAS CORPORATION AND ELECTRICITY BOARDS

RATING OF BRITISH GAS CORPORATION

2.  Where the order comes into operation for the purposes mentioned in regulation 4(1) between 31st May and 1st November, then as soon as may be after the coming into operation of the order the British Gas Corporation shall, whether or not they have already transmitted the statements which would have been required by paragraph 7 of Schedule 6 to the General Rate Act 1967 to have been transmitted before the end of the month of October if the order had not been made, transmit to the rating authorities of the rating areas and to the valuation officer for such areas the statements which would have been required by such paragraph to have been so transmitted if the order had come into operation on 1st April, and—

(i)paragraph 8 of the said Schedule 6 shall have effect as if the statements had been transmitted under the said paragraph 7 but with the substitution for the words following “rating authority” of “as soon as may be”; and

(ii)any statements already transmitted as aforesaid shall cease to have effect.