The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/3018 · Made 6 December 1996

RATING AND VALUATION

Made 6th December 1996

Laid before Parliament 10th December 1996

Coming into force 31st December 1996

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^f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 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.

1Citation and commencement
2Amendments having effect as from 1997/98
Schedule Schedule
Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 31st December 1996.

2Amendments having effect as from 1997/98

(1)

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992^f1 shall have effect in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1997 with the following amendments.

(2)

In paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2, for “0.992” there shall be substituted “0.962”.

(3)

In paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 2, for “1.5 per cent.” there shall be substituted “1.4 per cent.”.

(4)

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

“SCHEDULE 4

ADULT POPULATION FIGURES

Regulation 6

Billing authority area Prescribed figure

Blaenau Gwent 55,700
Bridgend 100,500
Caerphilly 127,500
Cardiff 235,500
Carmarthenshire 132,800
Ceredigion 56,000
Conwy 88,300
Denbighshire 71,500
Flintshire 111,900
Gwynedd 92,100
Isle of Anglesey 51,400
Merthyr Tydfil 43,800
Monmouthshire 66,500
Neath Port Talbot 107,700
Newport 103,400
Pembrokeshire 87,000
Powys 95,500
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 183,000
Swansea 179,300
Torfaen 68,300
The Vale of Glamorgan 90,100
Wrexham 94,600

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Billing authority area	Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent	55,700
Bridgend	100,500
Caerphilly	127,500
Cardiff	235,500
Carmarthenshire	132,800
Ceredigion	56,000
Conwy	88,300
Denbighshire	71,500
Flintshire	111,900
Gwynedd	92,100
Isle of Anglesey	51,400
Merthyr Tydfil	43,800
Monmouthshire	66,500
Neath Port Talbot	107,700
Newport	103,400
Pembrokeshire	87,000
Powys	95,500
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	183,000
Swansea	179,300
Torfaen	68,300
The Vale of Glamorgan	90,100
Wrexham	94,600

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 1997/98.