The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1994

Made: 8th December 1994

Laid before Parliament: 9th December 1994

Coming into force: 31st December 1994

The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 140(4), 143(1) and (2), and 146(6) of, and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 31st December 1994.

• (2) In these Regulations, “the 1992 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992[^f00002].

Amendments to regulations 8 and 9 of the 1992 Regulations

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• (1) In regulation 8(1) and (9) and in regulation 9(1) of the 1992 Regulations, for “7A applies” there shall be substituted “7A(5) applies”.

• (2) In regulation 9(2) of the 1992 Regulations, for “7A applied” there shall be substituted “7A(5) applied”.

Amendments having effect as from 1995/96

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• (1) The 1992 Regulations shall have effect in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1995 with the following amendments.

• (2) In paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1, for the formula there shall be substituted the formula

$(A×£37.60)+(B×0.00083)$

• (3) In paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2, for “0.91” there shall be substituted “0.97”.

• (4) In paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 2, for “1.85 per cent.” there shall be substituted “1.6 per cent.”.

• (5) In Part II of Schedule 2, the words and figures from “Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council” to “£15,000” shall be deleted.

• (6) For Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office — 8th December 1994

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”).

Regulation 2 of these Regulations makes drafting amendments to clarify provisions in the 1992 Regulations. Regulation 3 makes various technical amendments to the rules for financial years beginning with 1995/96.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 41. Sections 140 and 143 and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 were amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 5, paragraphs 42, 69 and 72, and by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 10, paragraph 6 and Schedule 13, paragraphs 78, 80 and 86. See section 146(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 for the definition of “prescribed”.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/3238, amended by S.I. 1993/1505, 1993/3077, 1994/547 and 1994/1742.