(1) Section 22B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) (compilation and maintenance of new valuation lists) is amended as mentioned in subsections (2) to (5).
(2) After subsection (1) insert—
(1A) A new list must be compiled, in relation to billing authorities in England, on 1 April in each year specified by order made by the Secretary of State.
(3) In subsection (2), paragraph (a)(first date on which new valuation list must be compiled in relation to billing authorities in England), and the word “and” following it, are repealed.
(4) In subsection (3)(subsequent dates on which new lists must be compiled)—
(a) after “a new list must be compiled” insert “ in relation to billing authorities in Wales ” ;
(b) the words from the beginning of paragraph (a) to “Wales,” in paragraph (b) are repealed.
(5) In subsection (11) for “subsection (3)(a)” substitute “ subsection (1A) ” .
(6) In section 113 of that Act (orders and regulations), in subsection (3)(a), for “22B(3)(a),” substitute “ 22B(1A), ” .
(7) In the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), in Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraph 52(4) is repealed.