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The Rating Lists (Valuation Date) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/93 · Made 20 January 1998

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RATING AND VALUATION

Made 20th January 1998

Laid before Parliament 28th January 1998

Coming into force 18th February 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 2(3)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 41. Relevant amendments are made by paragraph 38 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Valuation date
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Rating Lists (Valuation Date) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th February 1998.

2Valuation date

1st April 1998 is specified under paragraph 2(3)(b) of Schedule 6 (valuation for non-domestic rating) to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 as the day by reference to which the rateable values of non-domestic hereditaments are to be determined for the purposes of the local and central non-domestic rating lists which are to be compiled for England and Wales on 1st April 2000.

3Revocation

The Rating Lists (Valuation Date) Order 1992f1 is revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

20th January 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Non-domestic rating lists for the purposes of Part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 are, by virtue of sections 41(2) and 52(2) of the Act to be compiled on 1st April in every fifth year after 1990. Article 2 of this Order provides for 1st April 1998 to be the day by reference to which valuations of non-domestic hereditaments are to be determined for the purposes of the lists to be compiled for England and Wales on 1st April 2000.

Article 3 revokes the Rating Lists (Valuation Date) Order 1992.