1994 No. 547

RATING AND VALUATION

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 140(4), 143(1) and 146(6) of, and paragraph 6(5) and (6) of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 19881, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 31st March 1994.

2

Regulation 7A of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 19922 shall have effect in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1994 with the following amendments —

a

in paragraph (1), for “1993” there shall be substituted “1994”;

b

in paragraph(2)(a), for “a day in the current year” there shall be substituted “or after 31st March 1994” and for “that year” there shall be substituted “the current year”;

c

in paragraph (2)(d), for “or after 6th July 1993” there shall be substituted—“a day in the current year”;

d

in paragraph (3), for the words from “1993 Act” to the end there shall be substituted “Non-Domestic Rating Act 1994”3; and

e

in paragraph (4), for “6th July 1993” there shall be substituted “31st March 1994”.

John RedwoodSecretary of State for Wales

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) billing authorities are required to pay amounts (called non-domestic rating contributions) to the Secretary of State. Provisional amounts are paid during the year and final calculations and any payment adjustments are made after the year ends.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the rules for the calculation of payments contained in regulation 7A of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 in order to take account of the amendments made by the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1994 to Schedule 7A to the 1988 Act (non-domestic rating: 1990 to 1995).