13 Valuation date.

(1) In this Act the date by reference to which the chargeable value of a relevant residential property is to be established is referred to as the valuation date.

(2) The valuation date in relation to a relevant residential property shall be—

(a) 1 May 2013 ^[1]>for the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016^<[1][1]>for the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019^<[1], and

(b) for each consecutive 3-year period after the ^[2]>year 2016^<[2][2]>year 2019^<[2], 1 November in the year preceding the first year of the particular 3 year period.

(3) The Minister may, by order, alter the valuation date referred to in subsection (2).