2018 No. 1196 (W. 244)

Rating And Valuation, Wales

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Made

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 60 of, and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 19881.

Title, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and they come into force on 31 December 2018.

2

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

3

In these Regulations “the 1992 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 19922.

Amendment to the 1992 Regulations2

1

The 1992 Regulations are amended as follows in relation to the financial years beginning on or after 1 April 2019.

2

For Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations substitute the Schedule to these Regulations.

Mark DrakefordCabinet Secretary for Finance, one of the Welsh Ministers

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 4

ADULT POPULATION FIGURES

Billing authority area

Prescribed figure

Blaenau Gwent

56,054

Bridgend/Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr

115,071

Caerphilly/Caerffili

142,461

Cardiff/Caerdydd

288,601

Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin

149,356

Ceredigion

60,755

Conwy

95,364

Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych

75,794

Flintshire/Sir y Fflint

123,127

Gwynedd

100,332

Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn

56,365

Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful

47,217

Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy

76,004

Neath Port Talbot/Castell-nedd Port Talbot

114,199

Newport/Casnewydd

117,014

Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro

100,513

Powys

108,273

Rhondda Cynon Taf

189,215

Swansea/Abertawe

198,208

Torfaen

73,176

Vale of Glamorgan/Bro Morgannwg

103,446

Wrexham/Wrecsam

106,331

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, amend the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”).

Under Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, billing authorities (in Wales, county and county borough councils) are required to pay amounts (called non-domestic rating contributions) to the Welsh Ministers. The 1992 Regulations contain rules for the calculation of those contributions for Welsh billing authorities.

These Regulations amend the 1992 Regulations by substituting a new Schedule 4 (Adult Population Figures).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.