1999 No. 3275

RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 140(4) and 143(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 19881 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st December 1999.

Amendment of the 1992 Regulations2

Schedules 1 and 2 to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 19922 are amended as follows.

Rules for calculations of contributions3

1

In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2000, in Schedule 1—

a

in paragraph 1(4), for “1999” there is substituted “2000”;

b

in paragraph 4(4), for “1999 is £82,506,000” there is substituted “2000 is £83,476,000”;

c

for Part II there is substituted—

PART IICOST 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

1.1370

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, Tandridge, Thurrock, Waverley, Welwyn Hatfield, Windsor and Maidenhead, Woking

1.1032

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

1.0422

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

1.2094

The council of an outer London borough

1.1010

The Common Council of the City of London

1.4859

The Council of the Isles of Scilly

1.0

The Isle of Wight Council

1.0422

Assumptions relating to provisional amounts4

In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2000, in Schedule 2—

a

in paragraph 2(12), for “0.92” there is substituted “1.0”;

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

1.1

The council of a non-metropolitan district which has the functions of a county council

1.0

The council of a non-metropolitan district which does not have the functions of a county council

0.7

The council of an inner London borough, and the Common Council of the City of London

1.3

The council of an outer London borough

2.2

The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council

1.0

Areas ceasing to be enterprise zones5

In relation to the financial year beginning in 2000, for Part II of Schedule 2 there is substituted—

PART IIPRESCRIBED AMOUNTS IN RESPECT OF ENTERPORISE ZONES

Name of authority

Name of enterprise zones

Prescribed amount

Sunderland City Council

Sunderland (No. 1), (No. 2) and (No. 3)

£12,300,000

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Hilary ArmstrongMinister of StateDepartment of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, billing authorities are required to pay amounts (called non-domestic rating contributions) to the Secretary of State. Payments in respect of a provisional amount of the contributions are made during the financial year, final calculations and any adjustments of payments being made after the year ends.

These Regulations amend the rules for calculation of contributions contained in the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992, with effect from 1st April 2000.

Regulations 3 and 4 alter certain figures used in the calculation of contributions and provisional amounts. Regulation 5 makes special provision for the calculation in relation to Sunderland City Council, in respect of the cessation of enterprise zones.