1. These Regulations may be cited as the References to Rating (Housing) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
2. The enactments specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are amended as specified in that Schedule.
3. Section 26(3)(a) (agricultural premises) of the General Rate Act 1967(1) shall continue to have effect after 31st March 1990 for the purposes of section 26 of the Rent Act 1977(2), sections 112 and 184 of the Housing Act 1985(3) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988(4) (land let with dwelling-house) as if section 117(1) (rates and precepts: abolition) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 had not been enacted.
Chris Patten
Secretary of State for the Environment
5th March 1990
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
1st March 1990