Welsh Statutory Instruments
Rating And Valuation, Wales
Made
14 December 2022
Coming into force
31 December 2022
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 58(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (10) and 143(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1) and now vested in them(2).
A draft of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru, in accordance with section 143(4) of that Act(3).
In accordance with section 58(9) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have had regard to the object of securing (so far as practicable) that the aggregate amount payable to the Welsh Ministers and all billing authorities by way of non-domestic rates as regards the financial years falling within the relevant period does not exceed that which the Welsh Ministers consider would be likely to be payable apart from these Regulations.
1988 c. 41. See section 146(6) for the definition of “prescribed”. Section 58 was amended by section 117(1) of, and paragraph 68 of Schedule 13 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), section 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1994 (c. 3), section 1 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29), section 2(1) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 (c. 9) and section 4(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Act 2018 (c. 1).
The powers of the Secretary of State were transferred, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
The reference to each House of Parliament in section 143(4) of the Act is to be read as a reference to Senedd Cymru by virtue of section 150A(2) of, and paragraph 34 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).