Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st December 1999.

2

In these Regulations “the 1992 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 19923.

Amendment of the 1992 Regulations2

In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2000, Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to the 1992 Regulations are amended as follows:—

a

in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1, for the formula “(A × £39.50) + (B × 0.00087)” there is substituted the formula “(A × £39.90) + (B × 0.00078)”;

b

in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 for “0.999” there is substituted “1.005”;

c

for Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations there is substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19984.

Dafydd Elis ThomasThe Presiding Officer of the National Assembly