The Electricity Lands (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 2000

PART III: DISTRIBUTION LANDS

Aggregate amount of rateable values for financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05

7.  For the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of distribution lands–

(a) for the financial year 2000-01 is hereby prescribed as £73,110,000;

(b) for each of the following four financial years, shall be ascertained by adding together the amounts apportioned in respect of distribution lands occupied by each Company for the year in question (calculated as provided for in article 8(2) below).

Apportionment of aggregate amount of rateable values between Companies

8.—(1) The aggregate amount referred to in article 7(a) above is hereby apportioned as–

(a) £53,080,000 in respect of distribution lands occupied by Scottish Power UK plc; and

(b) £20,030,000 in respect of distribution lands occupied by Scottish and Southern Energy plc.

(2) That part of the aggregate amount of the rateable values of distribution lands to be apportioned for each of the four financial years following the financial year 2000-01 in respect of such lands occupied by each Company shall be calculated in accordance with the formula–

where–

• A is the apportioned amount for that Company for the financial year immediately prior to the year for which the calculation is being carried out;

• B is the estimated installed transformer capacity (measured in kilovoltamperes) of all the electricity transformation plant in Scotland occupied by that Company on the day falling 1 year before the beginning of the financial year for which the calculation is being carried out; and

• C is the estimated installed transformer capacity (measured in kilovoltamperes) of all the electricity transformation plant in Scotland so occupied on the day falling 2 years before the beginning of that year.

Apportionment of aggregate amount of rateable values among local authorities

9.  For the purposes of section 6(2) of the 1975 Act, the aggregate amount of the rateable values of distribution lands for each of the financial year 2000 01 and the four following financial years (ascertained in accordance with article 7 above) shall–

(a) in respect of such distribution lands as are occupied by Scottish Power UK plc, be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 of this Order in accordance with the formula–

where–

• D is the apportioned amount for Scottish Power UK plc for the financial year in question; and

• E is the figure shown in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of the local authority in question; and

(b) in respect of such distribution lands as are occupied by Scottish and Southern Energy plc, be apportioned among the local authorities specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in accordance with the formula–

where–

• F is the apportioned amount for Scottish and Southern Energy plc for the financial year in question; and

• G is the figure shown in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of the local authority in question.