rating and valuation, england Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 31st December 2007. Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 2 The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 are amended as follows in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2008. Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions 3 In Schedule 1— a in paragraph 1(4), for “2007” substitute “2008”; b in paragraph 4(4), for “2007” substitute “2008”; and c for Part II substitute— PART II COST FACTORS Name or description of authority Cost factor The councils of the districts of Bracknell Forest, Crawley, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Slough, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Windsor and Maidenhead and Woking 1.1274 The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Chiltern, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, South Buckinghamshire, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield 1.1016 The councils of the districts of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham 1.1119 The councils of the districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Epping Forest, Harlow, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Thurrock 1.081 The councils of the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes and Wycombe 1.0808 The council of a district which falls within the county of Oxfordshire 1.0643 The councils of the districts of Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire, South Bedfordshire, Stevenage and Bedford 1.0421 The councils of the districts of Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire 1.0454 The councils of the districts of Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor, Southampton, Test Valley and Winchester 1.0415 The council of a district which falls within the county of Warwickshire 1.0224 The councils of the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon and West Wiltshire 1.0308 The councils of the districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 1.0349 The council of a district which falls within the county of Northamptonshire 1.0185 The councils of the districts of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells 1.0161 The council of a district which falls within the county of Gloucestershire 1.0189 The council of a district which falls within the West Midlands metropolitan county 1.0154 The councils of the districts of Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Macclesfield, Vale Royal and Warrington 1.0109 The council of a district which falls within the Greater Manchester metropolitan county 1.0223 The councils of the districts of Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring and Uttlesford 1.02 The councils of the districts of Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden 1.0156 The council of a district which falls within the West Yorkshire metropolitan county 1.0126 The councils of the districts of Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston and Rutland 1.0135 The councils of the districts of Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, Nottingham and Rushcliffe 1.0075 The council of a district which falls within the Merseyside metropolitan county 1.0076 The council of a district other than a district named, or falling within a description given, above 1 The council of an inner London borough 1.2358 The councils of the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton 1.1278 The councils of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1.0845 The Common Council of the City of London 1.4329 The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.5 The Isle of Wight Council 1.0415 . Assumptions relating to provisional amounts 4 In Schedule 2— a in paragraph 2(12), for “0.991” substitute “0.990”; and b for the table in paragraph 8(1) substitute— Name or description of authority Percentage The council of a metropolitan district 0.9 The council of a non-metropolitan district which has the functions of a county council 0.7 The council of a non-metropolitan district which does not have the functions of a county council 0.5 The council of an inner London borough and the Common Council of the City of London 0.8 The council of an outer London borough 1.2 The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council 0.7 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government John Healey Minister of State Department for Communities and Local Government 30th November 2007