RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 31st December 2002. Amendment of the 1992 Regulations 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 2003. Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions 3 In Schedule 1— a in paragraph 1(4), for “2002” there is substituted “2003”; b in paragraph 4(4), for “2002” there is substituted “2003”; c 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 1.1393 The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Chiltern, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, South Buckinghamshire, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield 1.1204 The councils of the districts of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham 1.1077 The councils of the districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Epping Forest, Harlow, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Thurrock 1.0830 The councils of the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes and Wycombe 1.0775 The council of a district which falls within the county of Oxfordshire 1.0740 The councils of the districts of Bedford, Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire, South Bedfordshire and Stevenage 1.0493 The councils of the districts of Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire 1.0458 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 1.0400 The councils of the districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing 1.0397 The council of a district which falls within the county of Warwickshire 1.0330 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 City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 1.0303 The council of a district which falls within the county of Northamptonshire 1.0300 The councils of the districts of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Maling and Tunbridge Wells 1.0271 The council of a district which falls within the county of Gloucestershire 1.0266 The council of a district which falls within the West Midlands metropolitan county 1.0260 The councils of the districts of Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Macclesfield, Vale Royal and Warrington 1.0224 The council of a district which falls within the Greater Manchester metropolitan county 1.0199 The councils of the districts of Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring and Uttlesford 1.0194 The councils of the districts of Brighton and Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden 1.0159 The council of a district which falls within the Merseyside metropolitan county 1.0125 The council of a district which falls within the West Yorkshire metropolitan county 1.0108 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 1.2461 The councils of the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon thames and Sutton 1.1361 The councils of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1.0887 The Common Council of the City of London 1.4609 The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.0000 The Isle of Wight Council 1.0000 Assumptions relating to provisional amounts 4 In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2003, in Schedule 2— a for paragraph 2(12) there is substituted the following— 12 It shall be assumed that the amount calculated for the authority in accordance with the assumptions prescribed in sub-paragraphs (1) to (11) above is the total of the amount so calculated multiplied by 0.961. ; b 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 1.0 The council of an outer London borough 1.3 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 5th December 2002