The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 140(4) and 143(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 6 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988[1], which are now vested in it so far as exercisable in Wales[2].
"year" ("blwyddyn") means a chargeable financial year.
Rateable value 3.
In the case of Welsh gas hereditaments, paragraphs 2 to 2B[4] of Schedule 6 to the Act shall not apply in any year beginning on or after 1st April 2000 and in any such year the rateable value of the Welsh gas hereditaments shall be £32,059,000.
(2) The British Gas plc (Rateable Values) Order 1994 shall continue to have effect on and after 1st April 2000 for the purposes of or for purposes connected with-
(a) any alteration of a list in force immediately before 1st April 2000; or
(b) any provision made by regulations made under section 58[6] of the Act (special provision for 1995 onwards) as to the chargeable amount as regards a hereditament for a relevant period as defined in that section.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[7].
Dafydd Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly