"the 1975 Act" means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;

"a Company"-

(a) for the purposes of article 3(1)(a) and Part II of this Order means-


(i) Scottish Power UK plc;

(ii) Scottish and Southern Energy plc; or

(iii) British Energy Generation (UK) Limited; and



(b) for the purposes of article 3(1)(b) and (c) and Parts III and IV this Order means-



(i) Scottish Power UK plc; or

(ii) Scottish and Southern Energy plc;

"declared net capacity", in relation to generating plant, means the highest generation of electricity at the generator terminals, which can be maintained indefinitely without causing damage to the plant, less so much of that generation as is consumed by the plant, expressed in megawatts to the nearest one hundredth part of a megawatt and calculated on the relevant assumption;

"distribution lands" means the class of lands and heritages prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act in article 3(1)(b) of this Order;

"financial year" means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;

"generation lands" means the class of lands and heritages prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act in article 3(1)(a) of this Order;

"generating plant" means plant which is used or available for use for the purposes of generating electricity;

"relevant assumption"-

(a) in relation to generating plant the sole or primary source of energy for which is the burning of oil or coal, is that-


(i) the temperature of the water entering the cooling system is-


(aa) 19 degrees Celsius, where the water is circulated on the lands and heritages for re-use in the cooling system; or

(bb) 10 degrees Celsius in any other case; and



(ii) insofar as they affect the generating plant-



(aa) the air temperature is 10 degrees Celsius; and

(bb) the air pressure is 1013 millibars;



(b) in relation to generating plant the sole or primary source of energy for which is wind power, is that the wind speed is sufficient to power the generating plant at its highest generation of electricity;

(c) in relation to generating plant the sole or primary source of energy for which is water power, is that the water flow is sufficient to power the generating plant at its highest generation of electricity; and

(d) in any other case, is the assumption specified in paragraph (a)(ii) above;

"transmission lands" means the class of lands and heritages prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act in article 3(1)(c) of this Order.

    (2) Any reference in this Order to-

(a) lands and heritages occupied by a Company includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by a Company; and

(b) lands and heritages used for any purpose includes a reference to lands and heritages which are unused but in relation to which it appears that, when next in use, they will be used for such a purpose.

(a) for the financial year 2000-01, is hereby prescribed as £72,253,000;

(b) for each of the following four financial years, shall be ascertained by adding together the amounts apportioned in respect of generation lands occupied by each Company for the year in question (calculated as provided for in article 5(2) below).

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 total declared net capacity of generating plant in or on generation lands 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 total declared net capacity of generating plant in or on lands so occupied on the day falling 2 years before the beginning of that year.

(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).

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.

(a) for the financial year 2000-01, is hereby prescribed as £34,130,000;

(b) for each of the following four financial years, shall be ascertained by adding together the amounts apportioned in respect of transmission lands occupied by each Company for the year in question (calculated as provided for in article 11(2) below).

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 number of circuit kilometres of main transmission line 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 number of circuit kilometres of main transmission line in Scotland so occupied on the day falling 2 years before the beginning of that year.

(a) by Scottish Power UK plc and Scottish and Southern Energy plc (trading as Scottish Hydro-Electric) and used for the purposes of the distribution and transmission of electricity; and

(b) by Scottish Power UK plc, Scottish and Southern Energy plc and British Energy Generation (UK) Limited (formerly Scottish Nuclear Limited) and used for the purposes of the generation of electricity.

Those lands and heritages are prescribed at article 3.

The Order prescribes the aggregate amount of the rateable values of each such class of lands and heritages for financial year 2000-01 and prescribes how the aggregate amount should be arrived at for each of the four following financial years (articles 4, 7 and 10).

The Order also apportions the aggregate amounts between the appropriate companies concerned in respect of generation, distribution and transmission of electricity respectively (articles 5, 8 and 11) and among local authorities (articles 6, 9 and 12 and in the Schedules to the Order).

The Order also amends certain enactments relating to the valuation of those classes of lands and heritages and revokes previous Orders, now spent (articles 13 to 16).