# The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

S.I. 1991/2781 · made 9 December 1991

Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, charging 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. Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the detailed rules for the calculation of payments contained in the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1989. The amendments include changes to the provision as regards the costs of collection and recovery and the distribution of the allowance between authorities (regulation 2(a)(ii)). They also include the substitution of amounts prescribed for the calculation of provisional amounts and relating to enterprise zones and repayments and interest (regulation 2(c) and (d)).

Made under: Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Section 140, Section 143, Section 146, Schedule 8 paragraph 4, Schedule 8 paragraph 6)

## Introductory text

RATING AND VALUATION
Made 9th December 1991
Laid before Parliament 10th December 1991
Coming into force 31st December 1991
The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 140(4), 143(1) and (2) and 146(6) of, and paragraphs 4(1) and (5) and 6(2), (2A), (5) and (6) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 31st December 1991.

## 2 Amendments

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1989 shall have effect in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1992 with the following amendments–
(a) in Schedule 1–
(i) at the end of paragraph 1(2), there shall be added–
“which have not been taken into account under those paragraphs for a preceding year.”;
(ii) in paragraph 6(1), for “(A × £26.40) + (B × 0.0006)” there shall be substituted “(A × £31.90) + (B × 0.00075)”
(iii) for paragraph 9(a) there shall be substituted the following–
“(a) have been paid by the authority in accordance with regulations made under section 55 of or paragraph 2(2A) of Schedule 9 to the Act, in respect of amounts paid in respect of a relevant day or a day in a preceding year and repaid by the authority in accordance with regulations made under that section or paragraph 2(2)(j) of Schedule 9 to the Act, but which”;
(b) in Part I of Schedule 2–
(i) after paragraph 2(8) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
“(8A) Where on 31st December in the immediately preceding year an apportionment of the rateable value of a hereditament under section 44A of the Act is applicable, it shall be assumed that the apportionment will be applicable on each relevant day.”;
(ii) for paragraph 2(10) there shall be substituted the following–
“(10) It shall be assumed that the amount calculated for the authority in accordance with the assumptions prescribed in sub-paragraphs (1) to (9) above is the total of–
(a) the amount so calculated; and
(b) any amount prescribed in Part II of this Schedule (area ceasing to be an enterprise zone) in relation to that authority in respect of an enterprise zone so prescribed;
multiplied by 1.003.”;
(iii) in paragraph 6(1), for “0.2%” there shall be substituted “0.4%”
(iv) in paragraph 7, “column 3 of” shall be omitted.
(c) in Part II of Schedule 2, “Swansea” and “£3,672,000” shall be omitted.
(d) for Part III of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the following–
“PART III
Prescribed amounts in respect of repayments and interest
Name of authority (district, borough or city council)
Prescribed amount
£
Aberconwy
126,835
Alyn and Deeside
150,969
Arfon
81,713
Blaenau Gwent
91,088
Brecknock
45,222
Cardiff
961,359
Carmarthen
85,562
Ceredigion
80,114
Colwyn
78,357
Cynon Valley
68,429
Delyn
103,648
Dinefwr
29,778
Dwyfor
49,838
Glynd
60,144
Islwyn
60,828
Llanelli
89,039
Lliw Valley
62,458
Meirionnydd
52,088
Merthyr Tydfil
81,880
Monmouth
151,521
Montgomeryshire
55,188
Neath
116,279
Newport
443,200
Ogwr
234,428
Port Talbot
97,065
Preseli Pembrokeshire
232,501
Radnorshire
28,677
Rhondda
79,089
Rhuddlan
146,738
Rhymney Valley
117,527
South Pembrokeshire
233,991
Swansea
449,414
Taff Ely
262,126
Torfaen
115,548
Vale of Glamorgan
215,741
Wrexham Maelor
237,122
Ynys Môn
72,860
”
(e) in Schedule 3–
(i) in paragraph 4(2), there shall be substituted for the words from the beginning to “in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 1” the following–
“(2) The amounts described in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 shall each be replaced by amounts calculated in accordance with the formula–
A×BC where–
A the amount being replaced, calculated in relation to the authority for the year in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 or prescribed in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 respectively, ”;
(ii) for paragraph 4(4) there shall be substituted the following–
“(4) Paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 2 shall be disregarded.
5 An amount prescribed in relation to an enterprise zone in accordance with paragraph 2(10)(b) of Schedule 2 shall be disregarded if the enterprise zone has ceased to be designated as such before the day on which the calculations in accordance with this Schedule are made.”.

## Signature

David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
9th December 1991

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, charging 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. Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the detailed rules for the calculation of payments contained in the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1989. The amendments include changes to the provision as regards the costs of collection and recovery and the distribution of the allowance between authorities (regulation 2(a)(ii)). They also include the substitution of amounts prescribed for the calculation of provisional amounts and relating to enterprise zones and repayments and interest (regulation 2(c) and (d)).

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