Article 4 Electricity generators

The Electricity Generators (Rateable Values) Order 1989 [Footnote e] shall be amended as provided in this article.

For article 3(2) there shall be substituted:

“(2)

The conditions mentioned in paragraph (1) are that —

(a)

the hereditament is used or available for use for the purposes of generating electricity, where —

(i)

such use is its sole or primary function; or

(ii)

it is so used or available in connection with a scheme for the production for sale of both electrical power and heat; or

(iii)

its primary source of energy is the burning of refuse; and

(b)

the generating plant —

(i)

uses wind, tidal or water power as its primary source of energy; or

(ii)

if its primary source of energy is the burning of refuse, has a declared net capacity of 25 megawatts or more; or

(iii)

has a declared net capacity of 500 kilowatts or more.”.

In article 4(1), after “wind” there shall be inserted “or tidal” .