Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

47 Commencement and extent of Part V

(1) The following provisions of this Act, namely—

(a) sections 33, 34, 37 and 44, and

(b) the repeals contained in Part IX of Schedule 34 to this Act—

(i) of provisions of the [1967 c. 9.] General Rate Act 1967, other than the repeals in sections 19, 20 and 30 and Schedules 1 and 2 ;

(ii) of paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 2 to the [1969 c. 19.] Decimal Currency Act 1969;

(iii) of section 26 of the [1973 c. xxx.] Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973 ; and

(iv) of paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 1974,

shall have effect for any rate period, within the meaning of the 1967 Act, beginning on or after such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions.

(2) Section 31 above shall have effect for any rate period, within the meaning of the 1967 Act, beginning on or after 1st April 1981.

(3) Sections 38, 39, and 40 above shall come into operation at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(4) The following provisions of this Act, namely—

(a) section 29(1) to (3) above;

(b) paragraphs 6(2) and (3) and 10 of Schedule 33 to this Act;

(c) in paragraph 8 of that Schedule—

(i) sub-paragraph (2); and

(ii) sub-paragraph (3), in so far as it inserts subsections (5A) to (5C) in section 78 of the [1964 c. 56.] Housing Act 1964; and

(d) the repeals contained in Part IX of Schedule 34 to this Act of words in sections 19 and 30 of the 1967 Act,

shall not have effect for any rate period, within the meaning of the 1967 Act, beginning before the first date after the passing of this Act on which new valuation lists come into force under section 68(1) of that Act.

(5) The provisions of Schedule 33 to this Act which give the Secretary of State power by order to prescribe multipliers and which are specified in subsection (6)(a), (b) and (c) below shall not have effect until he exercises the power conferred by them.

(6) The provisions of Schedule 33 mentioned in subsection (5) above are—

(a) paragraph 4 ; and

(b) in paragraph 8

(i) sub-paragraph (1);

(ii) sub-paragraph (3), in so far as it inserts subsections (5D) and (5E) in section 78 of the Housing Act 1964; and

(c) paragraph 14.

(7) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, this Part of this Act and the repeals contained in Part IX of Schedule 34 to this Act shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

(8) Sections 32 and 46 above extend to Scotland only but, subject to that, this Part of this Act extends to England and Wales only.