
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (Wales) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 31st December 1998.
(2) In this Order “the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
2 
The areas mentioned in the Schedule to this Order are designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 42A (rural settlement list) of the 1988 Act.
3 
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.
4 
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (Wales) Order 1997 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
25th November 1998
SCHEDULE
Article 2

The areas mentioned in article 2 are–
 The County Borough of Blaenau Gwent
 The County Borough of Bridgend
 The County Borough of Caerphilly
 The City and County of Cardiff with the exception of the communities of Adamsdown, Butetown, Caerau, Canton, Castle, Cathays, Cyncoed, Ely, Gabalfa, Heath, Llandaff, Llandaff North, Llanishen, Llanrumney, Pentwyn, Plasnewydd, Riverside and Roath
 The County of Carmarthenshire
 The County of Ceredigion
 The County Borough of Conwy
 The County of Denbighshire
 The County of Flintshire
 The County of Gwynedd
 The County of Isle of Anglesey
 The County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil with the exception of the communities of Park and Penydarren
 The County of Monmouthshire
 The County Borough of Neath Port Talbot with the exception of the community of Sandfields East
 The County Borough of Newport with the exception of the communities of Alway, Beechwood, Malpas, Liswerry, Shaftesbury, Stow Hill and Victoria
 The County of Pembrokeshire
 The County of Powys
 The County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff
 The City and County of Swansea with the exception of the communities of Castle, Cwmbwrla, Townhill and Uplands
 The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan
 The County Borough of Torfaen with the exception of the community of Cwmbran Central
 The County Borough of Wrexham with the exception of the communities of Acton and Rhosddu
