1(1)In accordance with this Schedule the [F1Welsh Ministers] shall keep for each chargeable financial year an account (to be called a non-domestic rating account).E+W
(2)The [F2Welsh Ministers]—
(a)shall keep each account in such form as the Treasury may direct, and
(b)shall at such time as the Treasury may direct send copies of each account to the [F3Auditor General for Wales].
F4(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5(4)The Auditor General for Wales shall examine, certify and report on any account of which copies are sent to him under sub-paragraph (2) and shall lay copies of the account and of his report before the [F6National Assembly for Wales].]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 3(2)
F2Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(a)
F3Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(2)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(b)
F4Sch. 8 para. 1(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by virtue of Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 3(4)
F5Sch. 8 para. 1(4) inserted (25.5.2007) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 40(2)
F6Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 3(5)
2(1)For each chargeable financial year the following shall be credited (as items of account) to the account kept for the year—E+W
(a)sums received by the [F7Welsh Ministers] in the year under section 54 above,
(b)sums received by [F8them] in the year under [F9section 59] above, and
(c)sums received by [F10them] in the year under paragraph 5 below [F11or regulations made under sub-paragraph (15) of that paragraph].
(2)For each chargeable financial year the following shall be debited (as items of account) to the account kept for the year—
(a)payments made by the [F12Welsh Ministers] in the year [F13under paragraph 5(10) or (14) below[F14, under regulations made for the purpose mentioned in paragraph 4(7) below] or under regulations made under paragraph 5(15) or 6(5) below], and
(b)payments made by [F15them] in the year under [F16paragraph 12 or 15 below] (as the case may be).
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(a)
F8Word in Sch. 8 para. 2(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(b)
F9Words substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 139, Sch. 5 para. 41
F10Word in Sch. 8 para. 2(1)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(b)
F11Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(1)(c) added (6.3.1992) by 1992 c. 14, s. 117(1), Sch. 13 para. 86(1) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))
F12Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 4(3)(a)
F13Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(a) substituted (6.3.1992) by 1992 c. 14, s. 117(1), Sch. 13 para. 86(2)(a) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))
F14Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(a) inserted (18.11.2003 for E., 27.11.2003 for W.) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), s. 128(6), Sch. 7 para. 26(2); S.I. 2003/2938, art. 3(a) (with art. 8 Sch.); S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F15Word in Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 4(3)(b)
F16Words in Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(b) substituted (6.3.1992) by 1992 c. 14, s. 117(1), Sch. 13 para. 86(2)(b) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 8 para. 2 modified by S.I. 1990/493, reg. 8(2)
Sch. 8 para. 2 modified (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1992/2996, reg. 4(2)
Sch. 8 para. 2 amended (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/613, reg. 5(2)
C2Sch. 8 para. 2 amended by S.I. 1990/609, reg. 5(2)
C3Sch. 8 para. 2(1) modified (16.7.1992) by 1992 c. 46, s. 5(1) (with s. 8(1)); S.I. 1992/1642, art.2
Sch. 8 para. 2(1) modified (24.2.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 3(1) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 3, s. 3
3(1)As soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of each chargeable financial year the [F17Welsh Ministers] shall calculate the following—E+W
(a)the aggregate of the items of account credited to the account kept for the year, and
(b)the aggregate of the items of account debited to the account kept for the year.
(2)If the aggregate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above exceeds that mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, a sum equal to the excess shall be—
(a)debited (as an item of account) to the account kept for the year, and
(b)credited (as an item of account) to the account kept for the next financial year.
(3)If the aggregate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above exceeds that mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above, a sum equal to the excess shall be—
(a)credited (as an item of account) to the account kept for the year, and
(b)debited (as an item of account) to the account kept for the next financial year.
Textual Amendments
F17Words in Sch. 8 para. 3(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), Sch. 3 para. 5
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Sch. 8 para. 3 modified (8.4.2014) by The Local Government Finance Act 2012 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/939), arts. 1, 4