Before section 55 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (but after the italic heading before that section) insert—

“54APostponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards

(1)

The Welsh Ministers may by order provide that the lists to which this section applies must be compiled on a date specified in the order (“the specified date”) rather than on 1 April 2015.

(2)

The lists to which this section applies are—

(a)

each local non-domestic rating list that would otherwise have to be compiled on 1 April 2015 for a billing authority in Wales, and

(b)

the central non-domestic rating list that would otherwise have to be compiled for Wales on that date.

(3)

The specified date must be 1 April in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020; and the same date must be specified for each list to which this section applies.

(4)

If an order has effect under this section, section 41 (local rating lists) applies in relation to billing authorities in Wales as if subsection (2)—

(a)

did not require a list to be compiled on 1 April 2015 and on 1 April in every fifth year afterwards, but

(b)

instead required a list to be compiled on the specified date and on 1 April in every fifth year afterwards.

(5)

If an order has effect under this section, section 52 (central rating lists) applies in relation to Wales as if subsection (2)—

(a)

did not require a list to be compiled on 1 April 2015 and on 1 April in every fifth year afterwards, but

(b)

instead required a list to be compiled on the specified date and on 1 April in every fifth year afterwards.”

In section 41 (local rating lists), after subsection (8) insert—

“(9)

This section in its application to Wales is subject to section 54A (postponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards).”

In section 52 (central rating lists), after subsection (7) insert—

“(8)

This section in its application to Wales is subject to section 54A (postponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards).”

In section 143 (orders and regulations), after subsection (3B) insert—

“(3C)

The power to make an order under section 54A is exercisable by statutory instrument, and no such order is to be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.”