54Rates in London.
(1)In London, as elsewhere, every rate made by a rating authority shall be deemed to be made on the date on which it is approved by the authority, and any enactments requiring that rates must be allowed by justices shall cease to have effect.
(2)Section six of the [15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 90.] Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (which relates to the publication of rates) and section fifteen of that Act (which relates to the recovery of arrears of rates from tenants and lodgers) shall extend to London.
(3)Nothing in this section affects the provisions of section twenty of the [7 Edw. 7. c. cxl.] City of London (Union of Parishes) Act, 1907, relating to the signature of rates made by the Common Council of the City of London, the publication of such rates and the date on which such rates are to be deemed to be made.