Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3944
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001
Made
10th December 2001
Laid before Parliament
10th December 2001
Coming into force
31st December 2001
The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 143(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988 ( 1 ) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 31st December 2001.
Amendment of the 1992 Regulations
2. Schedules 1 and 2 to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 ( 2 ) are amended as follows in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2002.
Rules for calculation of contributions
3. In Schedule 1—
(a) in paragraph 1(4), for “2001” there is substituted “2002”;
(b) in paragraph 4(4), for “2001 is £83,597,000” there is substituted “2002 is £83,606,000”;
(c) for Part II there is substituted—
“ PART II 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, Watford | 1.1550 |
| 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, Tanbridge, Thurrock, Waverley, Welwyn Hatfield, Windsor and Maidenhead, Woking | 1.1213 |
| 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 | 1.0561 |
| 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 | 1.2265 |
| The council of an outer London borough | 1.1170 |
| The Common Council of the City of London | 1.5391 |
| The Council of the Isles of Scilly | 1.0 |
| The Isle of Wight Council | 1.0561 ” |
Assumptions relating to provisional amounts
4. In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2002, 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 0.968. ” ;
(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 | 0.8 |
| The council of a non-metropolitan district which does not have the functions of a county council | 0.6 |
| The council of an inner London borough, and the Common Council of the City of London | 1.1 |
| The council of an outer London Borough | 1.8 |
| The council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council | 0.8 ” |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
10th December 2001
1988 c. 41 . Sections 140 and 143 are amended by paragraphs 69 and 72 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) (“the 1989 Act”), and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 are amended by paragraph 42 of Schedule 5 to the 1989 Act and by paragraph 6 of Schedule 10 and paragraph 86 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) . These powers are devolved, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ).