# The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

W.S.I. 2025/1206 · made 18 November 2025

These Regulations amend the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”).

Made under: Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Schedule 8 paragraph 4)

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## Introductory text

Rating And Valuation, Wales
Made 18 November 2025
Laid before Senedd Cymru 20 November 2025
Coming into force 31 December 2025
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred on them by paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

## 1 Title, coming into force and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 31 December 2025.
(3) These Regulations apply in relation to a financial year beginning with or after 1 April 2026.

## 2 Amendment to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992

For Schedule 4 to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (adult population figures) substitute the Schedule to these Regulations.

## Signature

Mark Drakeford
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers
18 November 2025

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“SCHEDULE 4
ADULT POPULATION FIGURES
Regulation 6(5)
Billing authority area
Prescribed figure
Blaenau Gwent
54,427
Bridgend/Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
118,745
Caerphilly/Caerffili
141,048
Cardiff/Caerdydd
308,167
Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin
154,363
Ceredigion
61,203
Conwy
94,543
Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych
78,799
Flintshire/Sir y Fflint
125,121
Gwynedd
99,195
Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn
56,170
Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful
46,421
Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy
77,847
Neath Port Talbot/Castell-nedd Port Talbot
115,426
Newport/Casnewydd
129,773
Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro
102,432
Powys
111,753
Rhondda Cynon Taf
194,146
Swansea/Abertawe
203,465
Torfaen
74,710
Vale of Glamorgan/Bro Morgannwg
107,571
Wrexham/Wrecsam
110,237
”

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”).
Under Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (non-domestic rating: pooling), 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 these contributions for Welsh billing authorities.
These Regulations amend the 1992 Regulations by substituting a new Schedule 4 (adult population figures).
The Welsh Ministers’ 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.

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