Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 3234
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
8th December 2004
Laid before Parliament
10th December 2004
Coming into force
31st December 2004
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 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 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( 2 ) 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
1988 c. 41 . 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 ), see the reference to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in Schedule 1.