Days appointed and savings
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, 19th February 1996 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—
(a)section 46 of the Act (licensing boards);
(b)section 180 of the Act, so far as it relates to the provisions in Schedules 13 and 14 to the Act specified in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) below;
(c)in Schedule 13 to the Act, paragraph 176(2), (10), (12)(b) and (16)(a) to (c); and
(d)in Schedule 14 to the Act, the repeals of the following provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1):—
(i)in section 93(1)(a) the words “regional, islands or district” and “as appropriate”;
(ii)section 97(2);
(iii)section 112(2)(d);
(iv)in Schedule 2, in paragraph 8(5)(b), the words “or where the authority is a regional council, each amount set under section 93 of this Act”, and, in paragraph 12(2), sub-sub-paragraph (b) and, in sub-sub-paragraphs (e) and (f), the word “levying”; and paragraph 19(7)(b); and
(v)in Schedule 11, Parts I and II and paragraphs 26 and 27.
(2) In the period until 1st April 1996, the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 which are amended or repealed by the provisions of the Act brought into force by paragraph (1)(b) to (d) above shall continue to apply (without amendment or repeal) in relation to any financial year which began prior to that date.