2022 No. 1214 (W. 251)

Rating And Valuation, Wales

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Made

Laid before Senedd Cymru

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 and interpretation1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and they come into force on 31 December 2022.

2

In these Regulations, “the 1992 Regulations” 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 2023.

2

For Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations (adult population figures) substitute the Schedule to these Regulations.

Rebecca EvansMinister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 4ADULT POPULATION FIGURES

Billing authority area

Prescribed figure

Blaenau Gwent

53,740

Bridgend/Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr

116,158

Caerphilly/Caerffili

139,349

Cardiff/Caerdydd

288,491

Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin

151,156

Ceredigion

60,035

Conwy

93,956

Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych

76,666

Flintshire/Sir y Fflint

123,975

Gwynedd

95,528

Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn

55,653

Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful

46,390

Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy

76,143

Neath Port Talbot/Castell-nedd Port Talbot

114,003

Newport/Casnewydd

123,654

Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro

99,829

Powys

109,706

Rhondda Cynon Taf

188,246

Swansea/Abertawe

192,657

Torfaen

73,027

Vale of Glamorgan/Bro Morgannwg

104,345

Wrexham/Wrecsam

107,148

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 (non-domestic rating: pooling), 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.