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

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2885
• Sections: 5

Section 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.

Section 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.

Section 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.

Section 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.

Section 2

The communities mentioned in this paragraph are—