Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023

Amendment of section 56 of Act of 2001

260. Section 56 of the Act of 2001 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “D is, subject to subsection (2A),” for “D is” in both places where it occurs, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) Where the annual rate on valuation that was levied by a rating authority for the preceding year 2023 was done pursuant to section 103 (7) of the Local Government Act 2001 and not pursuant to section 3 of the Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 , the two references to ‘ section 3 of the Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 ’ in subsection (2) shall, in relation to that rating authority only and that preceding year only, be read as references to ‘ section 103 (7) of the Local Government Act 2001 ’ and notwithstanding the Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 .”.