Local Government Act 1948

34 New valuation lists to be made in 1952, &c.

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, a new valuation list shall be made -for every rating area so as to come into force—

(a) outside London, on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-two ; and

(b) inside London, on the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-two,

and the periods for which the valuation lists in force at the date of the passing of this Act are to remain in force shall be extended accordingly :

Provided that the Minister may by order, on the application of the valuation officer and after consultation with the rating authority for the area and, where the rating area forms part of a county, with the council of the county, direct that this subsection shall have effect in relation to any such rating area as is specified in the direction as if for references to the -year nineteen hundred and fifty-two there were substituted references to the year nineteen hundred and fifty-three.

(2) Thereafter new valuation lists shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, be made for all rating areas, whether within or outside London, so as to come into force on the first day of April in the following years, that is to say, the year nineteen hundred and fifty-seven and each fifth subsequent year.

(3) If the Minister by order so directs, the preceding provisions of this section shall have effect as if for the words " nineteen hundred and fifty-two ", " nineteen hundred and fifty-three " and " nineteen hundred and fifty-seven ", in all places where those words occur, there were substituted the words " nineteen hundred and fifty-three " , "nineteen hundred and fifty-four" and " nineteen hundred and fifty-eight ", respectively.

(4) Every valuation list shall remain in force until it is superseded by a new valuation list.