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

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 1992[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1

• (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.

Commencement of provisions

2

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

3

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

Transitional provision

4

Nothing in this Order shall affect the operation of section 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975[^f00002], or of any order made under that section, in relation to any financial year beginning before 1st April 1995.

Signed

Allan Stewart — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 14.

[^f00002]: 1975 c. 30; section 7A was inserted by section 110(1) of the Act.