3. 4th January 1995 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act:—
(a)section 153 (power of Secretary of State to prescribe amount of non-domestic rate);
(b)section 160 (further provision as to valuation by formula);
(c)section 161 (power of Secretary of State to combine and divide lands and heritages);
(d)section 180(2) (repeals), so far as it relates to the provisions specified in paragraph (e) below; and
(e)in Schedule 14 (repeals), the repeals of—
(i)section 116(6) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1);
(ii)paragraphs 41 and 42 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981(2); and
(iii)paragraph 60(2) of Schedule 25 to the Water Act 1989(3).