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The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Commencement No.9 and Transitional Provision) Order 1994

S.I. 1994/3152 · Made 7 December 1994

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RATING AND VALUATION

Made 7th December 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 113(2) and 119(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 14.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement of provisions
  3. 3Commencement of provisions
  4. 4Transitional provision
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Commencement No.9 and Transitional Provision) Order 1994.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

2Commencement of provisions

Subsections (2) and (3) of section 110 of the Act shall come into force on 31st March 1995.

3Commencement of provisions

Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 37 of Schedule 13 to the Act shall come into force on 1st April 1995.

4Transitional provision

Nothing in this Order shall affect the operation of section 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975f1, or of any order made under that section, in relation to any financial year beginning before 1st April 1995.

Signature

Allan Stewart

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th December 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force—

(a)

section 110(2) and (3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 on 31st March 1995; and

(b)

paragraph 37(1) of Schedule 13 to that Act on 1st April 1995.

The provisions commenced relate to the insertion in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 of a new section 7B, which enables the Secretary of State to prescribe a single non-domestic rate for the whole of Scotland with effect from financial year 1995-96. Article 4 of the Order makes a transitional provision relative to earlier financial years.