2005 No. 3333
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 143(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 19881, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 31st December 2005.
Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 19922
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 19922 are amended as follows in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2006.
Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions3
In Schedule 1—
a
in paragraph 1(4), for “2005” substitute “2006”;
b
in paragraph 4(4), for “2005” substitute “2006”; and
c
for Part II substitute—
PART IICOST 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
1.127
The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Chiltern, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, South Buckinghamshire, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield
1.0994
The councils of the districts of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham
1.121
The councils of the districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Epping Forest, Harlow, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Thurrock
1.0826
The councils of the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes and Wycombe
1.0814
The council of a district which falls within the county of Oxfordshire
1.067
The councils of the districts of Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire, South Bedfordshire, Stevenage and Bedford
1.0502
The councils of the districts of Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire
1.046
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
1.0406
The councils of the districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing
1.0066
The council of a district which falls within the county of Warwickshire
1.0211
The councils of the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon and West Wiltshire
1.0261
The councils of the districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
1.0378
The council of a district which falls within the county of Northamptonshire
1.0194
The councils of the districts of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells
1.0102
The council of a district which falls within the county of Gloucestershire
1.0203
The council of a district which falls within the West Midlands metropolitan county
1.0175
The councils of the districts of Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Macclesfield, Vale Royal and Warrington
1.0174
The council of a district which falls within the Greater Manchester metropolitan county
1.0192
The councils of the districts of Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring and Uttlesford
1.0116
The councils of the districts of Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden
1.0134
The council of a district which falls within the West Yorkshire metropolitan county
1.0091
The councils of the districts of Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston and Rutland
1.0079
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
1.2491
The councils of the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton
1.1381
The councils of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest
1.0806
The Common Council of the City of London
1.4366
The Council of the Isles of Scilly
1.5
The Isle of Wight Council
1.0406
Assumptions relating to provisional amounts4
In Schedule 2—
a
in paragraph 2(12), for “0.987” substitute “0.998”; and
b
for the table in paragraph 8(1) substitute—
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
0.8
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
0.9
The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council
0.8
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
(This note is not part of the Regulations)