
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2 
The British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1995 is hereby amended in accordance with articles 3 and 4 below.
3 
In article 5 (aggregate amount of rateable values)–
(a) before the words “For the purposes”, there shall be inserted “(1)”;
(b) in paragraph (b), for the words “each of the following four financial years” there shall be substituted the words “the financial year 1996-97”; and
(c) for the word “where–”, there shall be substituted the following:–“
(c) for the financial year 1997-98 and each of the following two financial years, shall be calculated in accordance with the formula–£47,125,309+£47,125,309×(A-B)B.
(2) In sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (1) above–”.
4 
In article 6 (apportionment of aggregate amount)–
(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “article 5(a)” there shall be substituted the words “article 5(1)(a)”; and
(b) in paragraph (2), for the words “article 5(b)” there shall be substituted the words “article 5(1)(b) or (c)”.
George Kynoch
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
19th March 1997