
1 
This order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1974 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1978.
2 

(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In this order, “the Act” means the Local Government Act 1974.
3 
The following provisions of the Act, namely in Schedule 8, the entries relating to:—
(a) section 97 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949,
(b) section 9 and 12(a) of the Rating Act 1966,
(c) section 8 of the Local Government Act 1966, and
(d) sections 33 to 36 of the Countryside Act 1968
shall come into operation on 1st April 1979.
4 
Nothing in this order shall affect the payment of any instalment payable after 31st March 1979 of a grant under section 8 of the Local Government Act 1966 of which at least one instalment was paid before 1st April 1979.
Peter Shore
Secretary of State for the Environment
3rd November 1978