Paragraph 4 F1
For F2the basic year and each year subsequent to the basic year each Gas Board’s basic rateable valuation shall be adjusted in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph, and such basic rateable valuation as so adjusted shall be the rateable valuation of that Board’s undertaking for that year.
For each such year each Gas Board shall—
estimate and certify the total number of therms supplied by the Board to consumers in F3Scotland during the twelve months ending with the thirty–first day of March falling within the immediately preceding year, and
calculate and certify the amount by which that total exceeds, or falls short of, the Board’s standard number of therms;
and the Board’s basic rateable valuation shall be adjusted for that year by multiplying it by the fraction of which—
the numerator is the Board’s standard number of therms increased by one–fifth of the said excess, or, as the case may be, decreased by one–fifth of the said deficiency, and
the denominator is the Board’s standard number of therms.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 4 repealed so far as relating to the British Gas Corporation in Scotland for any year commencing on or after 1.4.1978 by S.I. 1978/1176, art. 9, Sch.
- F2
Words inserted by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 6 para. 6 (3) (d)
- F3
Word substituted by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 6 para. 6 (3) (d)
Modifications
- C1
Para. 4 (2) amended by Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962 (c. 9), s. 3
Notes on Schedule FOURTH
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 4 applied by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), s. 34 (3) (b); amended by Gas Act 1972 (c. 60), Sch. 6 para. 6 (3) (a)