2017 No. 1159 (W. 287)
Rating And Valuation, Wales

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 60 of and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 19881.

Title, commencement, application and interpretation1.

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and they come into force on 31 December 2017.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3)

In these Regulations “the 1992 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1992”) means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 19922.

Amendment to the 1992 Regulations2.

(1)

The 1992 Regulations are amended as follows in relation to the financial years beginning on or after 1 April 2018.

(2)

For Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations substitute the Schedule to these Regulations.

Mark Drakeford
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, one of the Welsh Ministers

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

“SCHEDULE 4

ADULT POPULATION FIGURES

Billing authority area

Prescribed figure

Blaenau Gwent

55,915

Bridgend/Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr

114,114

Caerphilly/Caerffili

142,097

Cardiff/Caerdydd

287,473

Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin

148,522

Ceredigion

61,720

Conwy

95,074

Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych

75,389

Flintshire/Sir y Fflint

122,395

Gwynedd

100,135

Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn

56,243

Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful

47,124

Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy

75,185

Neath Port Talbot/Castell-nedd Port Talbot

113,631

Newport/Casnewydd

115,368

Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro

99,744

Powys

107,664

Rhondda Cynon Taf

188,406

Swansea/Abertawe

197,178

Torfaen

72,995

Vale of Glamorgan/Bro Morgannwg

101,513

Wrexham/Wrecsam

107,359”

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, amend the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”).

Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, billing authorities (in Wales, county and county borough councils) are required to pay amounts (called non-domestic rating contributions) to the Welsh Ministers. The 1992 Regulations contain rules for the calculation of those contributions for Welsh billing authorities.

These Regulations amend the 1992 Regulations by substituting a new Schedule 4 (Adult Population Figures).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.