Explanatory note

This Order brings into force the provisions of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 which are not already in force. Sections 4 and 7 (visiting forces etc.) are brought into force on 1st October 1998, and the remaining provisions (which relate to the rating of Crown property) on 1st April 2000.

Article 3(2) makes transitional provision for the calculation of the non-domestic rating multiplier for England and Wales for the chargeable financial year beginning on 1st April 2000, consequential on the inclusion of formerly exempt Crown property in the non-domestic rating lists to be compiled on that day.