2 Commencement.

1

Section 1 above shall have effect in relation to rating lists to be compiled on or after the day on which this Act was passed.

2

Section 1 above shall be treated as having become effective on 1st April 1990 in relation to rating lists compiled before the day on which this Act was passed.

3

However, subsection (2) above shall not apply in relation to a hereditament if a proposal to alter a rating list in respect of the hereditament—

a

was made before 12th March 1998 in accordance with regulations under section 55 of the M1Local Government Finance Act 1988, and

b

was not withdrawn or finally disposed of before 11th March 1998.

4

For the purposes of this section a rating list is a local or central non-domestic rating list.