RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 31st December 2005. 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 2006. Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions 3 In Schedule 1— a in paragraph 1(4), for “2005” substitute “2006”; b in paragraph 4(4), for “2005” substitute “2006”; 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 1.127 The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Chiltern, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, South Buckinghamshire, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield 1.0994 The councils of the districts of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham 1.121 The councils of the districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Epping Forest, Harlow, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Thurrock 1.0826 The councils of the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes and Wycombe 1.0814 The council of a district which falls within the county of Oxfordshire 1.067 The councils of the districts of Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire, South Bedfordshire, Stevenage and Bedford 1.0502 The councils of the districts of Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire 1.046 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 1.0406 The councils of the districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing 1.0066 The council of a district which falls within the county of Warwickshire 1.0211 The councils of the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon and West Wiltshire 1.0261 The councils of the districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 1.0378 The council of a district which falls within the county of Northamptonshire 1.0194 The councils of the districts of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells 1.0102 The council of a district which falls within the county of Gloucestershire 1.0203 The council of a district which falls within the West Midlands metropolitan county 1.0175 The councils of the districts of Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Macclesfield, Vale Royal and Warrington 1.0174 The council of a district which falls within the Greater Manchester metropolitan county 1.0192 The councils of the districts of Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring and Uttlesford 1.0116 The councils of the districts of Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden 1.0134 The council of a district which falls within the West Yorkshire metropolitan county 1.0091 The councils of the districts of Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston and Rutland 1.0079 The council of a district other than a district named, or falling within a description, given above 1.0 The council of an inner London borough 1.2491 The councils of the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton 1.1381 The councils of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1.0806 The Common Council of the City of London 1.4366 The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.5 The Isle of Wight Council 1.0406 . Assumptions relating to provisional amounts 4 In Schedule 2— a in paragraph 2(12), for “0.987” substitute “0.998”; and b for the table in paragraph 8(1) substitute— Name or description of authority Percentage The council of a metropolitan district 1.0 The council of a non-metropolitan district which has the functions of a county council 0.8 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 1.0 The council of an outer London borough 0.9 The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council 0.8 . Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Phil Woolas Minister of State Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 1st December 2005