
1 
This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order 1998.
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Sections 4 and 7 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (“the Act”) shall come into force on 1st October 1998.
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(1) The Act, in so far as not already in force, shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(2) For the purposes of the estimate to be made under paragraph 5(7) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (calculation of the non-domestic rating multiplier) for the chargeable financial year beginning on 1st April 2000, the rateable value of any hereditament to be shown in a non-domestic rating list for that day by virtue of paragraph (1) above shall be disregarded.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
18th September 1998