The Electricity Supply Industry (Rateable Values) Order 1994

PART I PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Electricity Supply Industry (Rateable Values) Order 1994 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

“declared net capacity”, in relation to generating plant, means the highest generation of electricity (at the main alternator terminals) which can be maintained indefinitely without causing damage to the plant, less so much of that capacity as is consumed by the plant, expressed in megawatts to the nearest one hundredth part of a megawatt;

“generating plant”, in relation to a hereditament, means plant in or on the hereditament which is used or available for use for the purposes of generating electricity; and

“year” means a chargeable financial year.

Rounding of numbers

3.  Where (apart from this article) any rateable value determined under this Order would include a fraction of a pound—

(a) the fraction shall be made up to one pound if it would exceed 50p, and

(b) the fraction shall be ignored if it would be 50p or less.

Revocations and savings

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following Orders are hereby revoked with effect from 1st April 1995—

(a) the Electricity Generators (Rateable Values) Order 1989(1);

(b) the Electricity Supply Industry (Rateable Values) Order 1989(2);

(c) the Gas and Electricity Industries (Rateable Values) (Amendment) Order 1990(3); and

(d) the Electricity Supply Industry (Rateable Values) (Amendment) Order 1991(4).

(2) Without prejudice to section 16(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978(5), the Orders mentioned in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect on and after 1st April 1995 for the purposes of or for purposes connected with—

(a) any alteration of a list in force immediately before 1st April 1995; or

(b) any provision made by regulations made under section 58(f) of the 1988 Act (special provision for 1995 onwards) as to the chargeable amount as regards a hereditament for a relevant period as defined in that section.

(1)

S.I. 1989/2475, amended by section 3(2) and (3) of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1992, section 1(5) of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1993 and section 1(4) of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1994.

(2)

S.I. 1990/804.

(3)

S.I. 1991/959.

(4)

1978 c. 30.

(5)

Section 58 is amended by paragraph 68 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) and by section 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1994.