503. The general order rendered pursuant to the Real Estate Assessment Act concerning the first annual assessment roll made in accordance with that act applies to all municipal corporations, including those whose territories form part of that of a county corporation in existence on 15 April 1977.
The order also applies to municipal corporations incorporated after 15 April 1977 and before 1 January 1983, except that such a corporation is not required to comply with the timetable provided in the order for the implementation of the main phases of the preparation of the roll.
At the request of a municipal corporation contemplated in the second paragraph or, as the case may be, the municipality concerned, the Minister may exempt the municipality from the application of the general order and render a special order in its regard, modelled on the general order.