RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 31st December 1996. Amendment of the 1992 Regulations 2 Schedules 1 and 2 to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 are amended in accordance with the following regulations. Rules for calculation of contributions 3 1 In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1997, in Schedule 1— a in paragraph 1(4), for “1996” there is substituted “1997”; b in paragraph 4(4), for “1996 is £76,867,000” there is substituted “1997 is £77,751,000”; c for the Table in Part II there is substituted— COST FACTORS Name or description of authority Cost factor The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Dartford, Elmbridge, Epping Forest, Epsom and Ewell, Hertsmere, Reigate and Banstead, Slough, South Bucks, Spelthorne, Three Rivers and Watford 1.1369 The councils of the districts of Basildon, Bracknell Forest, Brentwood, Chiltern, Crawley, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Guildford, Harlow, Mole Valley, Runnymede, St Albans, Sevenoaks, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Thurrock, Waverley, Welwyn Hatfield, Windsor and Maidenhead and Woking 1.1010 The council of a district other than a district named above which falls within the county of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Oxfordshire or West Sussex 1.0405 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 1.2239 The council of an outer London borough 1.1156 The Common Council of the City of London 1.5493 The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.0 The council of a county which has the functions of a district council 1.0405 . 2 In relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1997, paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 has effect as if— a at the end of the formula there were inserted “+P”, and b at the end there were added— P is the amount of the reasonable costs, if any, incurred by the authority in respect of changes to their computer programs to give effect to the Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts for Small Hereditaments) Regulations 1996 , provided that, if the amount of such costs exceeds £3,000, P is £3,000. ; Assumptions relating to provisional amounts 4 In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1997, in Schedule 2— a in paragraph 2(12) for “0.992” there is substituted “0.962”; b for sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 8 there is substituted— 8 1 It shall be assumed that the amount described in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations will, in the case of each authority or description of authority listed in the following table, be equal to the percentage of the amount described in sub-paragraph (2) below which is shown in the table in relation to that authority or description: Percentage The council of an inner London borough or the Common Council of the City of London 2.4 The council of an outer London borough 2.3 Any authority not mentioned above 1.4 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 23rd December 1996