# Local Government Act 1948, Section 96


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(3) In this section and the two next succeeding sections, the expression “the standard amount” means, in relation to a payment for the benefit of local authorites in England and Wales, the sum of eleven million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and, in relation to a payment for the benefit of local authorities in Scotland, such sum as is certified by the Secretary of State to be the estimated amount which would have been payable by way of rates in Scotland outside the North of Scotland District for the year 1947–48 in respect of the lands and heritages belonging to the British Electricity Authority or an Area Electricity Board which are by virtue of this Act not liable to be rated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/26/section/96 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1948/section-96
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