The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made10th December 2002

Coming into force31st December 2002

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by sections 140(4) and 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 the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in Wales2:

Name, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 31st December 2002.

(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 2003, Schedules 2 and 4 to the 1992 Regulations are amended as follows:—

(a)

in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 for “0.995” there is substituted “0.999”; and

(b)

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.

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

10th December 2002

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

“SCHEDULE 4ADULT POPULATION FIGURES
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Billing authority area
Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent
53,200
Bridgend
99,100
Caerphilly
128,400
Carmarthenshire
234,600
Cardiff
135,400
Ceredigion
60,800
Conwy
86,800
Denbighshire
72,400
Flintshire
114,200
Gwynedd
91,400
Isle of Anglesey
52,000
Merthyr Tydfil
42,300
Monmouthshire
65,800
Neath Port Talbot
104,500
Newport
102,600
Pembrokeshire
86,800
Powys
98,700
Rhondda Cynon Taff
177,500
Swansea
175,400
Torfaen
69,000
Vale of Glamorgan (The)
90,400
Wrexham
99,700”

Billing authority area	Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent	53,200
Bridgend	99,100
Caerphilly	128,400
Carmarthenshire	234,600
Cardiff	135,400
Ceredigion	60,800
Conwy	86,800
Denbighshire	72,400
Flintshire	114,200
Gwynedd	91,400
Isle of Anglesey	52,000
Merthyr Tydfil	42,300
Monmouthshire	65,800
Neath Port Talbot	104,500
Newport	102,600
Pembrokeshire	86,800
Powys	98,700
Rhondda Cynon Taff	177,500
Swansea	175,400
Torfaen	69,000
Vale of Glamorgan (The)	90,400
Wrexham	99,700”

(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. Rules for the calculation of those amounts are contained in the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992.

These Regulations amend the 1992 Regulations by substituting a new multiplier in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 (assumptions as to gross amount) and a new Schedule 4 (adult population figures).