2020 No. 1250 (W. 283)

Exiting The European Union, Wales
Rating And Valuation, Wales

The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Made

Laid before Senedd Cymru

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 62 of, and paragraphs 1 and 2(2)(h) of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 19881, and now vested in them2.

Title, commencement and application1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

2

These Regulations come into force on 31 December 2020.

3

These Regulations apply in relation to each financial year beginning on or after 1 April 2021.

Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 20172

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 20173 (Explanatory Notes), omit the paragraph entitled “State aid”.

Rebecca EvansMinister for Finance and Trefnydd, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”) (S.I. 2017/113 (W. 39)) provide for the contents of non-domestic rates demand notices which are served by or on behalf of billing authorities in Wales.

Schedule 2 to the 2017 Regulations sets out the information which must be included in the explanatory notes that must accompany a demand notice, including certain information relating to the State aid regime of the European Union (“the State Aid Information”).

Regulation 2 of these Regulations removes the State Aid Information from Schedule 2 to the 2017 Regulations.

The Welsh Minsters’ 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.