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Explanatory note

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(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 (S.I. 1992/3238) (“the 1992 Regulations”).

Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41) (“the 1988 Act”), 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 those rules for the financial years beginning on or after 1 April 2015 by substituting paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Regulations. The percentage amounts in respect of discretionary relief in paragraph 3 are unchanged; the amendments are consequential on, and take account of, amendments to section 47 of the 1988 Act made by section 69 of the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

These Regulations also substitute a new Schedule 4 (Adult Population Figures).