Paragraph 29 The East Sussex Act 1981 (c. xxv)
In section 61, in the definition of “occupier” for the words from “who” to “election” there shall be substituted the words “who, in respect of the period of 12 months immediately preceding the day of the making or giving by him of any such request or consent or the tendering of his vote at any such election, has been assessed to the general rate in respect of such house or part thereof or, where any part of the period falls on or after 1st April 1990 would, but for the repeal of the General Rate Act 1967, have been assessed to the general rate in respect of such house or part thereof”.