Rules for the calculation of contributions
4.—(1) This regulation shall apply in respect of the calculation under the 1992 Regulations, during the preliminary period, by a successor authority, a relinquishing authority or an acquiring authority of its non-domestic rating contributions for the initial year.
(2) In paragraph 4(1) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Regulations (deductions from gross amount) items I and L shall be read as if the references to the authority’s non-domestic rating list on 31st December in the immediately preceding year were references to the list sent to the authority by the valuation officer in accordance with regulation 31(1) of the principal Regulations, or the notice of the effect of alterations to the authority’s non-domestic rating list served on the authority by the valuation officer in accordance with regulation 31(2) of those Regulations, as the case may be.
(3) Paragraphs 2(1) and 2(3) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations (assumptions as to gross amount) shall be read as if the references to the authority’s non-domestic rating list on 31st December in the immediately preceding year were references to the list sent to the authority by the valuation officer in accordance with regulation 31(1) of the principal Regulations, or the notice of the effect of alterations to the authority’s non-domestic rating list served on the authority by the valuation officer in accordance with regulation 31(2) of those Regulations, as the case may be.