The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Relief) (Wales) Order 2015

Made: 11 February 2015

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 13 February 2015

Coming into force: 9 March 2015

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PART A — General

Title, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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General provision about application of this Order

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Maximum rateable value for rate relief

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PART B — Relief

Conditions for relief

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Rateable value conditions

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Child care conditions

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Post office conditions

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Retail premises conditions

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Amount of E

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PART C — Temporary relief

Conditions for relief

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Rateable value conditions

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Child care conditions

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Retail premises conditions

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Amount of E

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PART D — Miscellaneous

Notice

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Revocation and savings provision

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SCHEDULE 1 — Information and other matters to be contained in a notice

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SCHEDULE 2 — Revocation and savings

Signed

Edwina Hart — Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers — 11 February 2015

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 41. Section 61(1) of the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26) inserted subsection (4B) into section 43 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. Section 61(5) of the Local Government Act 2003 inserted subsection (9) into section 44 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

[^f00002]: The functions of the Secretary of State so far as exercisable in relation to Wales transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672, article 2, Schedule 1). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were then vested in the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00003]: Section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (c. 7) provides that “electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa)— by means of an electronic communications network; or by other means but while in an electronic form.

[^f00004]: 2006 c. 36. Section 8 was amended by S.I. 2011/1210.

[^f00005]: 2003 c. 21. Section 106(1) of the Communications Act 2003 provides that “the electronic communications code” means the code set out in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12).

[^f00006]: Section 47(9) was amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14).

[^f00007]: Section 65A was inserted by section 3 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29). Subsection (4) was amended by paragraph 73 of Schedule 6 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) and by paragraphs 180 and 181 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).

[^f00008]: 2000 c. 26. The definition of “public post office” was inserted into subsection (1) by paragraph 49(1) of Schedule 12 to the Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5).

[^f00009]: 2010 nawm 1.

[^f00010]: Section 55 was amended by paragraphs 30 and 79 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 and paragraph 67 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), paragraph 84 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28).

Editorial notes

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