Amendment of regulation 66

In regulation 6 (individual levy rates and safety net thresholds)—

a

in paragraph (2A), for “or (2F)” substitute “, (2F), (2H) or (2I)”;

b

after paragraph (2G) insert—

2H

For an authority listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3, the individual levy rate for a relevant year beginning on or after 1st April 2021 is zero.

2I

For an authority listed in column A of the table in Schedule 6, for a relevant year beginning on or after the date specified with respect to that authority in column B of that table, the authority’s individual levy rate is 0.5 or the figure calculated in accordance with the formula in paragraph (2J), whichever is less.

2J

The formula is—

1-GHmath

where—

  • G is the authority’s baseline funding level listed in column D of the table in Schedule 6; and

  • H is the authority’s business rates baseline listed in column C of that table.