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5(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraphs [F13B and 4B] above.E+W

F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3(2A)F4... A is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the financial year preceding the year concerned.]

F5(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F6(5A)B is the consumer prices index for September of the financial year preceding the year concerned.

(5AA)C is the consumer prices index for September of the financial year which precedes that preceding the year concerned.]

[F7(5B)But where the base month for the consumer prices index for September of the financial year which precedes that preceding the year concerned (the first year) differs from that for the index for September of the year which precedes the year concerned (the second year), C is the figure which the Welsh Ministers calculate would have been the consumer prices index for September of the first year if the base month for that index had been the same as the base month for the index for September of the second year.]

[F8(6)D is the number of whole pounds in F9... the [F10Welsh Ministers'] estimate of the total of the appropriate rateable values of all appropriate hereditaments, where—

(a)appropriate rateable values are those which will be shown in lists for the last day of the financial year preceding the year concerned once all alterations to those lists have been made;

(b)appropriate hereditaments are those which will be shown in lists for that day once all alterations to those lists have been made.

(7)E is the number of whole pounds in F11... the [F12Welsh Ministers'] estimate of the total of the appropriate rateable values of all appropriate hereditaments, where—

(a)appropriate rateable values are those which will be shown in lists for the first day of the financial year concerned once all alterations to those lists have been made;

(b)appropriate hereditaments are those which will be shown in lists for that first day once all alterations to those lists have been made.

(7A)The reference in sub-paragraph (7)(a) above to rateable values which will be shown in lists for the first day of the financial year concerned once all alterations to those lists have been made includes a reference to rateable values which will be shown in lists for a later day as a result of any alterations of the lists because of the inaccuracy of the lists for that first day.]

F13(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F14(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F15(9A)References in sub-paragraphs [F16(5A) to (5B)] to the consumer prices index are to the general index of consumer prices (for all items) published by the Statistics Board or, if that index is not published for a relevant month, any substituted index or index figures published by the Board.

(9B)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (5B) the base month for the [F17consumer] prices index for September of a particular year is the month for which the consumer prices index is taken to be 100 and by reference to which the index for the September in question is calculated.]

(10)Estimates under sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) above shall be made on the basis of information available F18... [F19to the Welsh Ministers on such date as they determine].

F20(10A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(11)[F21In relation to Wales,] in calculating a multiplier a part of a whole (if any) shall be calculated to three decimal places only—

F22(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F23(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F24(12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25(13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F26(13A)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend, repeal or disapply sub-paragraphs (5A), [F27(5AA),] (5B), (9A) and (9B) so as to—

(a)substitute for references to the consumer prices index references to another index, or

(b)provide that—

(i)B is a figure specified or described in (or calculated in a manner specified in) the regulations;

(ii)C is a figure so specified or described (or so calculated).

(13B)The power to make regulations under sub-paragraph (13A) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

[F28(13C)A statutory instrument containing regulations under sub-paragraph (13A) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of Senedd Cymru.]

F29(14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F30(15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

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F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(1) substituted (22.11.2023) by Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(2); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F2Sch. 7 para. 5(2) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(3); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F3Sch. 7 para. 5(2)(2A) substituted for Sch. 7 para. 5(2) (27.11.2003 for W., 25.11.2004 for E.) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 62(6), 128(6); S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I; S.I. 2004/3132, art. 3(1)(b)

F4Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(2A) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(4); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F5Sch. 7 para. 5(3)-(5) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(5); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F6Sch. 7 para. 5(5A)(5AA) substituted for Sch. 7 para. 5(5A) (22.11.2023) by Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(6); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F8Sch. 7 para. 5(6)-(7A) substituted for Sch. 7 para. 5(6) (27.11.2003 for W., 25.11.2004 for E.) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 62(7), 128(6); S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I; S.I. 2004/3132, art. 3(1)(b)

F9Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(6) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(7); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F11Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(7) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(8); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F13Sch. 7 para. 5(8) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(9); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F14Sch. 7 para. 5(9) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(9); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F16Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(9A) substituted (22.11.2023) by Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(10); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F17Word in Sch. 7 para. 5(9B) substituted (21.11.2023) by Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), ss. 15(3)(a), 19(5); S.I. 2023/1188, reg. 2(b)

F18Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(10) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(11); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F20Sch. 7 para. 5(10A) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(12); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F21Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(11) inserted (26.10.2023) by Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), ss. 15(3)(c)(i), 19(1)(a)

F22Sch. 7 para. 5(11)(a) omitted (21.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), ss. 15(3)(c)(ii), 19(5); S.I. 2023/1188, reg. 2(b)

F23Sch. 7 para. 5(11)(b) omitted (21.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), ss. 15(3)(c)(ii), 19(5); S.I. 2023/1188, reg. 2(b)

F24Sch. 7 para. 5(12) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(13); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F25Sch. 7 para. 5(13) omitted (22.11.2023) by virtue of Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(13); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F26Sch. 7 para. 5(13A)-(13C) inserted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 154(2)(f), 175(3)(m)

F27Word in Sch. 7 para. 5(13A) inserted (22.11.2023) by Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), s. 19(6), Sch. para. 64(14); S.I. 2023/1248, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F28Sch. 7 para. 5(13C) substituted (21.11.2023) by Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53), ss. 15(3)(d), 19(5); S.I. 2023/1188, reg. 2(b)

F29Sch. 7 para. 5(14) omitted (20.3.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 154(2)(g), 175(3)(m)

F30Sch. 7 para. 5(15) omitted (20.3.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 154(2)(g), 175(3)(m)

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