# The British Gas plc (Rateable Values) (Amendment) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Gas hereditaments occupied (or, if unoccupied, owned) by British Gas plc (“British Gas”) are required to be shown in the central rating lists compiled on 1st April 1995 by virtue of the Central Rating Lists Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/3121). The rateable value of those hereditaments is determined in accordance with the British Gas plc (Rateable Values) Order 1994. Different rateable values apply for hereditaments in England and for hereditaments in Wales, and the amount is adjusted from year to year by reference to changes in the length of certain pipe-lines.
By virtue of this Order, with effect from 1st April 1997 the amount of rateable value of gas hereditaments occupied or owned by British Gas by reference to which the adjustment formula is applied is reduced, the formula for adjustment remaining otherwise unchanged.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/961/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-gas-plc-rateable-values-amendment-order-1997/note
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