1999 No. 3439 (W. 47)

RATING AND VALUATION, WALES

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Made17th December 1999

Coming into force31st December 1999

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by sections 140(4), 143(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 19881, which are now vested in it so far as exercisable in Wales2:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st December 1999.

(2)

In these Regulations “the 1992 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 19923.

Amendment of the 1992 Regulations2.

In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2000, Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to the 1992 Regulations are amended as follows:—

(a)

in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1, for the formula “(A × £39.50) + (B × 0.00087)” there is substituted the formula “(A × £39.90) + (B × 0.00078)”;

(b)

in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 for “0.999” there is substituted “1.005”;

(c)

for Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations there is substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19984.

Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

17th December 1999

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 4ADULT POPULATION FIGURES
Article 2
Billing authority area
Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent
54,700
Bridgend
101,200
Caerphilly
127,500
Carmarthenshire
132,900
Cardiff
243,600
Ceredigion
56,800
Conwy
88,900
Denbighshire
70,500
Flintshire
113,400
Gwynedd
91,700
Isle of Anglesey
50,200
Merthyr Tydfil
42,400
Monmouthshire
67,200
Neath Port Talbot
107,300
Newport
104,900
Pembrokeshire
87,400
Powys
98,700
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
183,900
Swansea
179,400
Torfaen
68,300
Vale of Glamorgan (The)
92,000
Wrexham
96,300”

Billing authority area	Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent	54,700
Bridgend	101,200
Caerphilly	127,500
Carmarthenshire	132,900
Cardiff	243,600
Ceredigion	56,800
Conwy	88,900
Denbighshire	70,500
Flintshire	113,400
Gwynedd	91,700
Isle of Anglesey	50,200
Merthyr Tydfil	42,400
Monmouthshire	67,200
Neath Port Talbot	107,300
Newport	104,900
Pembrokeshire	87,400
Powys	98,700
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	183,900
Swansea	179,400
Torfaen	68,300
Vale of Glamorgan (The)	92,000
Wrexham	96,300”

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 billing authorities in Wales are required to pay amounts (called non-domestic rating contributions) to the National Assembly for Wales and rules for the calculation of those contributions are contained in the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992.

These Regulations amend those rules by substituting a new formula in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 (deductions from gross amount), a new multiplier in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 (assumptions as to gross amount) and a new Schedule 4 (adult population figures).