Schedule 6

“Rating of British Gas Corporation and electricity boards

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(1)

In the application of the specified provisions to the British Gas Corporation and to the Central Electricity Generating Board and any Area Board in relation to any rate period beginning on or after the appointed day, the changes of rating areas made by the order shall be deemed to have been operative at all material times.

(2)

The provisions of Schedule 5 shall have effect in relation to matters provided for by the specified provisions.

(3)

In this regulation, “the specified provisions” means—

• in relation to the British Gas Corporation—

  • Section 33 of the General Rate Act 1967 (set out in Schedule 5 to the Gas Act 1972);

  • Any order under section 19 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Local Government Act 1974 for the time being in force; and

  • Part II of Schedule 6 to the said Act of 1967 (set out in Schedule 5 to the Gas Act 1972); and

in relation to the Central Electricity Generating Board and any Area Board, section 34 of, and section 7 to, the said Act of 1967. ”