1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.
(2) Except as provided by paragraphs (3) and (4), this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.
(3) This Article and Article 2 come into operation on the day after the day on which this Order is made.
(4) The following provisions come into operation on 1st April 2011—
(a)Article 3(1); and
(b)Article 9(2) and (3) and paragraph (1) of that Article so far as it relates to paragraph 1 of Schedule 3.
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(2) In this Order—
“the Department” means the Department of Finance and Personnel;
“modify” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the principal Order;
“the principal Order” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (NI 28).