RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st December 2003. Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 2 Schedules 1 and 2 to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 are amended as follows in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2004. Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions 3 In Schedule 1— a in paragraph 1(4)— i for “2003” there is substituted “2004”; and ii delete the words “less £6.5 million”. b in paragraph 3(1)(a), after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)” ; c in paragraph 3(1)(b), after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)”; d in paragraph 3(3), after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)”; e in paragraph 4(4), for “2003 is £83,606,000” there is substituted “2004 is £84,106,000”; and f for Part II there is substituted— 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 1.1424 The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Chiltern, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, South Buckinghamshire, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield 1.1163 The councils of the districts of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham 1.1208 The councils of the districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Epping Forest, Harlow, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Thurrock 1.0904 The councils of the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes and Wycombe 1.0825 The council of a district which falls within the county of Oxfordshire 1.0805 The councils of the districts of Bedford, Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire, South Bedfordshire and Stevenage 1.0513 The councils of the districts of Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire 1.0471 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 1.0429 The councils of the districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing 1.0325 The council of a district which falls within the county of Warwickshire 1.0361 The councils of the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon and West Wiltshire 1.0330 The councils of the districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 1.0336 The council of a district which falls within the county of Northamptonshire 1.0296 The councils of the districts of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells 1.0195 The council of a district which falls within the county of Gloucestershire 1.0237 The council of a district which falls within the West Midlands metropolitan county 1.0290 The councils of the districts of Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Macclesfield, Vale Royal and Warrington 1.0219 The council of a district which falls within the Greater Manchester metropolitan county 1.0195 The councils of the districts of Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring and Uttlesford 1.0154 The councils of the districts of Brighton and Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden 1.0134 The council of a district which falls within the Merseyside metropolitan county 1.0102 The council of a district which falls within the West Yorkshire metropolitan county 1.0117 The council of a district other than a district named, or falling within a description given, above 1.0000 The council of an inner London borough 1.2505 The councils of the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton 1.1411 The councils of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1.0894 The Common Council of the City of London 1.4751 The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.5000 The Isle of Wight Council 1.0000 Assumptions relating to provisional amounts 4 In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2004, in Schedule 2— a in paragraph 2(12) for “0.961” there is substituted “0.959”; b in paragraph 3, after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)”; c in paragraph 4, after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)”; and d for the table in paragraph 8(1) there is substituted the following— 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 0.7 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 0.9 The council of an outer London borough 1.1 The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council 0.7 Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Nick Raynsford Minister of State Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 3rd December 2003