The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) and the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004

Made: 31st March 2004

Coming into force: 1st April 2004

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 113(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 7 of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992[^f00001], and section 143 of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988[^f00002], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Name, commencement and application

1

• (1) These Regulations are called the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) and the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.

• (2) These Regulations apply to billing authorities in Wales only.

Amendments

2

The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”)[^f00003] and the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”)[^f00004], are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

Charges connected with distress

3

In Schedule 5 of the 1992 Regulations and in Schedule 3 of the 1989 Regulations:

• (a) in column (2) of the Table to paragraph 1 —

• (i) in relation to head A (visit where no levy is made), for “£20.00” substitute “£22.50”, and for “£15.00” substitute “£16.50”;

• (ii) in relation to head E (possession of goods), for “£12.50” substitute “£14.00” and for “£10.00” substitute “£11.00”; and

• (iii) in relation to head H (prior payment etc.), for “£20.00” substitute “£22.50”; and

• (b) in subparagraph (1) of paragraph 2 (amounts in respect of levy) —

• (i) in paragraph (a), for “£20” substitute “£22.50”; and

• (ii) in paragraph (b), for “20 per cent” substitute “22.5 per cent”.

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[^f00005]

D. Elis-Thomas — The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly — 31st March 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”) and the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”) in relation to Wales.

Regulation 3 revises the levels of certain fees which may be charged in respect of distress. These increases are in line with inflation since 1998 when the fees were last increased.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 14. These powers are devolved, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); see the reference to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in Schedule 1.

[^f00002]: 1988 c. 41. These powers are devolved, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); see the reference to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in Schedule 1.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1992/613, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/773, 1998/295.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1989/1058, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/145, 1992/474 and 1993/616.

[^f00005]: 1998 c. 38.