Natural Gas Terminals (Rateable Values) Order 1976
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1976/391 |
| Year | 1976 |
1976 No. 391
RATING AND VALUATION
The Natural Gas Terminals (Rateable Values) Order 197611thMarch 1976
12thMarch 1976
1stApril 1976
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33(5) and paragraph 13 of Schedule 6 to the General Rate Act 1967(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the British Gas Corporation, with such associations of local authorities appearing to him to be concerned and with the local authorities with whom consultation appeared to him to be desirable, hereby makes the following order:—
Title and commencement
1. This order may be cited as the Natural Gas Terminals (Rateable Values) Order 1976 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1976.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this order—
"the Corporation" means the British Gas Corporation;
"gas hereditament" means the hereditament which the Corporation are treated as occupying in a rating area by virtue of section 33(3) of the General Rate Act 1967;
"relevant premises", in relation to a rating area, means such of the premises specified in column 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 as are situated in that rating area;
"relevant year" means the year in respect of which the value of the premises specified in Schedule 1 is to be determined.
(2) References to a schedule by number are references to the schedule so numbered in this order.
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Application
3. This order shall apply, for the year commencing 1st April 1976 and subsequent years, to the premises specified in Schedule 1, being premises occupied and used by the Corporation for the reception of gas purchased by the Corporation, and in the case of the premises specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 for the reception or the evaporation of such gas in a liquid state.
(a) 1967 c. 9.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
Designation of premises
4. The premises specified in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 are hereby designated for the purposes of section 33(5) of the General Rate Act 1967.
Determination of value of designated premises
5. For any year, the aggregate value of the premises specified in Schedule 1 shall be—
(a) in the case of the premises specified in column 1 of Schedule 1,
7/200 × 22/100 × R;
(b) in the case of the premises specified in column 2 of Schedule 1,
3/100 × 22/100 × R;
R being the total rateable value of all gas...
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