The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997
S.I. 1997/3003 · Made 18 December 1997
RATING AND VALUATION
Made 18th December 1997
Laid before Parliament 19th December 1997
Coming into force 31st December 1997
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 1988f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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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.
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2Amendment of the 1992 Regulations
- 3Deductions from gross amount: county schools
- 4Assumptions relating to provisional amounts
- Schedule Schedule
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 31st December 1997.
In these Regulations “the 1992 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992f1.
2Amendment of the 1992 Regulations
Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to the 1992 Regulations are amended as follows.
3Deductions from gross amount: county schools
In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Regulations, after sub-paragraph (1), there is inserted—
“(1A)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above there shall be ignored any determination in so far as it is made in respect of the occupation of a hereditament for the purposes of a county school (within the meaning of section 31(1) of the Education Act 1996).”f1
Paragraph (1) applies to a determination in so far as it is made in respect of a day in a financial year beginning on or after 1st April 1998.
4Assumptions relating to provisional amounts
In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1998—
in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations, for “0.962” there is substituted “0.996”;
in paragraph 8(1) of that Schedule, for “1.4 per cent.” there shall be substituted “1.1 per cent.”; and
for Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations 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 55,423 Bridgend 99,954 Caerphilly 126,829 Cardiff 239,246 Carmarthenshire 132,463 Ceredigion 55,582 Conwy 87,842 Denbighshire 71,811 Flintshire 111,283 Gwynedd 91,826 Isle of Anglesey 51,315 Merthyr Tydfil 43,221 Monmouthshire 67,464 Neath Port Talbot 107,569 Newport 102,890 Pembrokeshire 87,041 Powys 97,262 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 183,117 Swansea 178,977 Torfaen 68,330 The Vale of Glamorgan 90,283 Wrexham 94,389 ”
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 any adjustments of 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 amend the rules for calculating contributions in the 1992 Regulations for financial years beginning with 1998/99. Regulation 3 disallows deductions from contributions in respect of hereditaments occupied by county schools, and makes transitional provision. Regulation 4 alters certain figures used in the calculation of provisional amounts.