26.Section 2(1) secures the application of the assumptions contained in section 1(2) in relation to the rating lists which will come into force on 1st April 2000, and subsequent lists.
27.Section 2(2) applies the amended provision retrospectively in relation to the rating lists which came into force on 1st April 1990 and 1st April 1995. Therefore alteration of those lists will be made in the light of the amendments effected by section 1(2). Both lists were compiled on the basis that the assumption that premises were in reasonable repair was the applicable law, subject to the exception for uneconomic repairs.
The Act Prospective and retrospective effect