The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 1333 (W. 344)

Rating And Valuation, Wales

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made

29 November 2021

Laid before Senedd Cymru

30 November 2021

Coming into force

31 December 2021

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 1988(1).

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and they come into force on 31 December 2021.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1992 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992(2).

Amendment to the 1992 Regulations

2.—(1) The 1992 Regulations are amended as follows in relation to the financial years beginning on or after 1 April 2022.

(2) For Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations substitute the Schedule to these Regulations.

Rebecca Evans

Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

29 November 2021

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 4

ADULT POPULATION FIGURES

Billing authority area	Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent	56,401
Bridgend/Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr	118,204
Caerphilly/Caerffili	144,061
Cardiff/Caerdydd	293,830
Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin	152,810
Ceredigion	60,661
Conwy	97,000
Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych	77,165
Flintshire/Sir y Fflint	124,648
Gwynedd	101,957
Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn	57,101
Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful	47,544
Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy	77,843
Neath Port Talbot/Castell-nedd Port Talbot	116,296
Newport/Casnewydd	120,851
Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro	102,744
Powys	109,186
Rhondda Cynon Taf	191,775
Swansea/Abertawe	199,723
Torfaen	75,369
Vale of Glamorgan/Bro Morgannwg	107,403
Wrexham/Wrecsam	107,142”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”).

Under Part 2 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.

(1)

1988 c. 41. Section 60 of, and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988 were amended by section 5 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17).

(2)

S.I. 1992/3238, amended by S.I. 1993/1505, 1993/3077, 1994/547, 1994/1742, 1994/3125, 1995/3235, 1996/619, 1996/3018, 1997/3003, 1998/2962, 1999/3439 (W. 47), 2000/3382 (W. 220), 2001/3910 (W. 322), 2002/3054 (W. 289), 2003/3211 (W. 304), 2004/3232 (W. 280), 2005/3345 (W. 259), 2006/3347 (W. 307), 2007/3343 (W. 295), 2008/2929 (W. 258), 2009/3147 (W. 274), 2010/2889 (W. 239), 2011/2610 (W. 283), 2012/3036 (W. 310), 2013/3046 (W. 305), 2014/3193 (W. 323), 2015/1905 (W. 277), 2016/1169 (W. 286), 2017/1159 (W. 287), 2018/1196 (W. 244), 2019/1399 (W. 246) and 2020/1366 (W. 302).