The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made9th December 2003

Coming into force31st December 2003

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 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:

Citation, commencement and application1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st December 2003.

(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 2004, Schedules 2 and 4 to the 1992 Regulations are amended as follows:—

(a)

in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 for “0.999” there is substituted “0.998”; 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

9th December 2003

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

“SCHEDULE 4ADULT POPULATION FIGURES
Regulation 6
Billing authority area
Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent
52,800
Bridgend
99,400
Caerphilly
129,200
Carmarthenshire
137,000
Cardiff
238,900
Ceredigion
62,500
Conwy
87,500
Denbighshire
73,400
Flintshire
114,900
Gwynedd
91,900
Isle of Anglesey
53,000
Merthyr Tydfil
42,500
Monmouthshire
65,700
Neath Port Talbot
104,900
Newport
104,400
Pembrokeshire
88,000
Powys
99,700
Rhondda Cynon Taf
177,200
Swansea
176,100
Torfaen
69,200
Vale of Glamorgan (The)
91,200
Wrexham
100,700”

Billing authority area	Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent	52,800
Bridgend	99,400
Caerphilly	129,200
Carmarthenshire	137,000
Cardiff	238,900
Ceredigion	62,500
Conwy	87,500
Denbighshire	73,400
Flintshire	114,900
Gwynedd	91,900
Isle of Anglesey	53,000
Merthyr Tydfil	42,500
Monmouthshire	65,700
Neath Port Talbot	104,900
Newport	104,400
Pembrokeshire	88,000
Powys	99,700
Rhondda Cynon Taf	177,200
Swansea	176,100
Torfaen	69,200
Vale of Glamorgan (The)	91,200
Wrexham	100,700”

(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 (“the 1992 Regulations”).

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).