Article 14 Decreasing rateable values

(1)

This article applies to any class of hereditaments in relation to which the rateable value in the year beginning on 1st April 1991 falls in pursuance of article 13 to be determined in accordance with formula 3.

(2)

The rateable value in any intermediate year of any class of hereditaments to which this article applies shall be determined in accordance with paragraph (3).

(3)

Where in relation to a class of hereditaments and any such year a calculation according to formula 4, that is to say—

(RV - R) \times 0.87 (1 + \frac{I - B}{C}) + U

produces an amount greater than that produced by a calculation in accordance with the standard formula, the rateable value of that class of hereditaments in that year shall be the amount calculated in accordance with formula 4; and in any other case it shall be the amount calculated in accordance with the standard formula.