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Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Last updated 22 September 2008
The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government agreed that Legal Services be instructed to draft amendments to these regulations to update the table within by inserting the latest population figures for each local authority, as supplied by the Office of National Statistics, that the order is drafted and made without consultation and to the draft Explanatory Memorandum.
Date of decision / Dyddiad y penderfyniad:
16 September 2008
Statement of information / Datganiad gwybodaeth:
Local authorities (county and county borough councils) do not retain non-domestic rating payable to them. Rather, they are required to pay non-domestic rating contributions to the Welsh Ministers in respect of the rates they collect from businesses in their area. Rates are paid into the national non-domestic rating pool from which they are redistributed to local authorities on the basis of adult population. Payments by local authorities to the pool are made on the basis of estimates completed before the start of the financial year. Local authorities submit audited returns after the end of the financial year based on which they receive payments from the Welsh Ministers or make additional payments to the pool as appropriate.
The rules for calculating these contributions are contained in the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/3238). Amendments are made annually to certain elements to ensure that the basis for authorities’ contributions remains accurate. Amending Regulations are now required to enable local authorities to calculate correctly their non-domestic rating contributions for 2009-10.
The regulations contain revised adult population figures for each council. These are used to set a threshold for local authorities to recalculate, where necessary, their provisional contributions to the pool.
16 September 2008
Statement of information / Datganiad gwybodaeth:
Local authorities (county and county borough councils) do not retain non-domestic rating payable to them. Rather, they are required to pay non-domestic rating contributions to the Welsh Ministers in respect of the rates they collect from businesses in their area. Rates are paid into the national non-domestic rating pool from which they are redistributed to local authorities on the basis of adult population. Payments by local authorities to the pool are made on the basis of estimates completed before the start of the financial year. Local authorities submit audited returns after the end of the financial year based on which they receive payments from the Welsh Ministers or make additional payments to the pool as appropriate.
The rules for calculating these contributions are contained in the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/3238). Amendments are made annually to certain elements to ensure that the basis for authorities’ contributions remains accurate. Amending Regulations are now required to enable local authorities to calculate correctly their non-domestic rating contributions for 2009-10.
The regulations contain revised adult population figures for each council. These are used to set a threshold for local authorities to recalculate, where necessary, their provisional contributions to the pool.
