The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 3235

RATING AND VALUATION

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

Made

12th December 1995

Laid before Parliament

14th December 1995

Coming into force

31st December 1995

The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 140(4), 143(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 31st December 1995.

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

Amendments having effect as from 1996/97

2.—(1) The 1992 Regulations shall have effect in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1996 with the following amendments.

(2) In paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1, for the formula there shall be substituted the formula

“”.

(3) In paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2, for “0.97” there shall be substituted “0.992”.

(4) In paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 2, for “1.6 per cent.” there shall be substituted “1.5 per cent.”.

(5) For Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Regulation 6

“SCHEDULE 4 ADULT POPULATION FIGURES

Billing authority area	Prescribed figure
Aberconwy and Colwyn	88,000
Anglesey	52,400
Blaenau Gwent	55,800
Bridgend	100,800
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire	91,400
Caerphilly	128,400
Cardiff	233,800
Cardiganshire	55,600
Carmarthenshire	132,400
Denbighshire	71,400
Flintshire	111,600
Merthyr Tydfil	44,400
Monmouthshire	65,500
Neath and Port Talbot	107,700
Newport	103,800
Pembrokeshire	86,900
Powys	95,200
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	182,400
Swansea	179,800
The Vale of Glamorgan	90,500
Torfaen	68,600
Wrexham	94,500”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

12th December 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply to Wales.

Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 billing authorities are required to pay amounts (called non-domestic rating contributions) to the Secretary of State. Provisional amounts are paid during the year, final calculations and payments being made after the year ends. They are calculated in accordance with the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”).

These Regulations make various technical amendments to the 1992 Regulations for financial years beginning with 1996/97.

(1)

1988 c. 41. Sections 140 and 143 were amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, “the 1989 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraphs 69 and 72, and by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14, “the 1992 Act”), Schedule 13, paragraphs 78 and 80. Paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 were amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 42, and by the 1992 Act, Schedule 10, paragraph 6 and Schedule 13, paragraph 86.

(2)

S.I. 1992/3238, amended by S.I. 1993/1505, 1993/3077, 1994/547, 1994/1742 and 1994/3125.