The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2023/3 (W2) |
| Year | 2023 |
2023 No. 3 (W. 2)
Rating And Valuation, Wales
The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made 5th January 2023
Laid before Senedd Cymru 9th January 2023
Coming into force 31th January 2023
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 62 of, and paragraphs 1 and 2(2)(h) of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 19881, and now vested in them2.
Title, commencement and application
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 31 January 2023.
(3) These Regulations apply to demand notices which relate to financial years beginning on or after 1 April 2023 and are issued by or on behalf of Welsh billing authorities.
Amendments to the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2017
2.—(1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (explanatory notes) to the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 20173is amended as follows.
(2) In the paragraph entitled Rateable value, for “2017” substitute “2023” and for “2015” substitute “2021”.
(3) In the paragraph entitled Revaluation, for “2017” substitute “2023” and for “2015” substitute “2021”.
(4) In the paragraph entitled Alteration of rateable value, omit the words “If the ratepayer and the valuation officer do not agree the valuation within 3 months of the proposal being made, the matter is referred by the valuation officer as an appeal by the proposer to the Valuation Tribunal for Wales.”
(5) In the paragraph entitled Non-domestic rating multiplier, omit the words “and except in a revaluation year cannot rise by more than the rate of the increase in the retail prices index”.
(6) In the paragraph entitled Transitional rate relief—
(a)
(a) for “2016” substitute “2022”;
(b)
(b) omit the word “small”;
(c)
(c) for “2017” substitute “2023”.
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
5 January 2023
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”) ( S.I. 2017/113 (W. 39)) provide for the contents of non-domestic rates demand notices which are served by or on behalf of billing authorities...
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