1998 No. 2329 (C. 54)
The Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order 1998
Made
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 34(1) and (4) of the Local Government and Rating Act 19971 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation1
This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order 1998.
Visiting forces2
Sections 4 and 7 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (“the Act”) shall come into force on 1st October 1998.
Crown property3
1
The Act, in so far as not already in force, shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
2
For the purposes of the estimate to be made under paragraph 5(7) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 19882 (calculation of the non-domestic rating multiplier) for the chargeable financial year beginning on 1st April 2000, the rateable value of any hereditament to be shown in a non-domestic rating list for that day by virtue of paragraph (1) above shall be disregarded.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Order)