2. Subject to article 3 below, the following provisions of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 shall come into force on 1st December 1997:–
(a)section 5 and Schedule 2 (relief from non-domestic rates for general stores etc. in rural settlements: Scotland);
(b)section 8 (orders under section 6 and Schedule 2);
(c)section 33(1) (minor and consequential amendments), insofar as it relates to the provision mentioned in paragraph (d) below; and
(d)paragraph 29(b) of Schedule 3 (amendment of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1)).