RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 31st December 2004. 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 2005. Interpretation 3 In regulation 2(2)(a), (b) and (c), for the word “multiplier” substitute “multipliers”. Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions 4 In Schedule 1 – a in paragraph 1(4), for “2004” substitute “2005”. b in paragraph 4(4), for “2004 is £84,106,000” substitute “2005 is £83,606,000”; 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 1.1409 The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Chiltern, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, South Buckinghamshire, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield 1.1119 The councils of the districts of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham 1.1185 The councils of the districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Epping Forest, Harlow, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Thurrock 1.0942 The councils of the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes and Wycombe 1.0815 The council of a district which falls within the county of Oxfordshire 1.074 The councils of the districts of Bedford, Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire, South Bedfordshire and Stevenage 1.0506 The councils of the districts of Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire 1.0499 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 1.0433 The councils of the districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing 1.0225 The council of a district which falls within the county of Warwickshire 1.0297 The councils of the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon and West Wiltshire 1.0337 The councils of the districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 1.0386 The council of a district which falls within the county of Northamptonshire 1.0254 The councils of the districts of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Maling and Tunbridge Wells 1.014 The council of a district which falls within the county of Gloucestershire 1.0229 The council of a district which falls within the West Midlands metropolitan county 1.0271 The councils of the districts of Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Macclesfield , Vale Royal and Warrington 1.0244 The council of a district which falls within the Greater Manchester metropolitan county 1.021 The councils of the districts of Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-sea, Tendring and Uttlesford 1.0129 The councils of the districts of Brighton and Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden 1.0162 The council of a district which falls within the county of Suffolk 1.0075 The council of a district which falls within the West Yorkshire metropolitan county 1.0129 The council of a district which falls within the county of Leicestershire 1.0073 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 1.2602 The councils of the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton 1.1429 The councils of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1.0849 The Common Council of the City of London 1.4715 The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.0 The Isle of Wight Council 1.0433 Assumptions relating to provisional amounts 5 In Schedule 2 – a in paragraph 2(12) for “0.959” substitute “0.987”;.and b for the table in paragraph 8(1) substitute the following– 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 0.7 The council of an outer London Borough 1,0 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 8th December 2004