Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order fixes the amounts of the regional rates for the year ending 31st March 1999. The Order fixes 26·68 pence in the pound as the amount of the regional rate in respect of those hereditaments (referred to as specified hereditaments) which are not dwelling houses, private garages or private storage premises and 169·19 pence in the pound in respect of those hereditaments (referred to as unspecified hereditaments) which are.
The Order also fixes 70 pence as the amount by which the normal regional rate is reduced in respect of unspecified hereditaments and hereditaments which, though not unspecified hereditaments, are used partly for the purposes of unspecified hereditaments.