# The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (Wales) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2885 · made 4 December 1997

This Order applies to Wales.

Made under: Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Section 42A, Section 43, Section 47, Section 140, Section 143)

## Introductory text

RATING AND VALUATION
WALES
Made 4th December 1997
Laid before Parliament 10th December 1997
Coming into force 31st December 1997
The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 42A(3)(c) and (5), 43(6B)(b), 47(3A)(b), 140(4) and 143(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (Wales) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st December 1997.
(2) In this Order “the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

## 2 Designation of rural areas

The following areas are designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 42A (rural settlement list) of the 1988 Act—
(a) the areas of the communities mentioned in Part I of the Schedule to this Order, and
(b) the areas described in paragraph 1 of Part II of the Schedule to this Order.

## 3 Rateable value limits

In relation to a hereditament shown in the local non-domestic rating list of a Welsh billing authority—
(a) £5,000 is the amount prescribed as the maximum amount of rateable value for the purposes of section 43(6B)(b) (mandatory relief for qualifying general stores and post offices) of the 1988 Act; and
(b) £10,000 is the amount prescribed as the maximum amount of rateable value for the purposes of section 47(3A)(b) (discretionary rate relief in rural areas) of the 1988 Act.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
4th December 1997

## Schedule: DESIGNATED RURAL AREAS

## I 

The communities mentioned in this Part are—

## II 

Abertillery, Beaufort, Brynmawr, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Llanhilleth, Nantyglo and Blaina, Tredegar.

## 1 

The areas described in this paragraph are the areas of the communities mentioned in paragraph 2 below, except those areas hatched on one of the ninety-one maps entitled “Maps referred to in the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (Wales) Order 1997” of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Welsh Office, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for Wales.

## 2 

The communities mentioned in this paragraph are—

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order applies to Wales.
Schedule 1 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 amends the Local Government Finance Act 1988 to make provision for mandatory relief from non-domestic rates for certain general stores and post offices, and discretionary relief for hereditaments used for purposes beneficial to the local community, in certain rural settlements in areas designated as rural areas by order of the Secretary of State. The rural settlements are to be identified on lists drawn up by billing authorities.
Article 2 of this Order designates, for the purposes of these provisions, rural areas in Wales as set out in the Schedule to the Order.
Article 3 prescribes maxima of rateable value, above which hereditaments will not be eligible for the relief. £5,000 is prescribed in relation to mandatory relief, and £10,000 in relation to discretionary relief.

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