- Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 3208
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
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| Made | 7th December 2000 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 8th December 2000 | ||
| Coming into force | 31st December 2000 |
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on 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 of 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 2000 and shall come into force on 31st December 2000.
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 2001.
Rules for calculation of contributions
3. In Schedule 1 -
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(a) in paragraph 1(4), for "2000" there is substituted "2001";
(b) in paragraph 4(4), for "2000 is £83,476,000" there is substituted "2001 is £83,597,000";
(c) for Part II there is substituted -
| 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 | 1.1528 |
| 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 | 1.1199 |
| 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 | 1.0548 |
| 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 | 1.2228 |
| The council of an outer London borough | 1.1149 |
| The Common Council of the City of London | 1.4374 |
| The Council of the Isles of Scilly | 1.0 |
| The Isle of Wight Council | 1.0548" |
Assumptions relating to provisional amounts
4.
In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2001, in Schedule 2 -
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(a) for paragraph 2(12) there is substituted the following -
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(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 0.977.";
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(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 | 0.9 |
| The council of a non-metropolitan district which has the functions of a county council | 0.9 |
| 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 | 1.2 |
| The council of an outer London Borough | 2.3 |
| The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council | 0.9" |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
7th December 2000
(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 2001 by altering certain figures used in the calculations.
Notes:
[1] 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); see the reference to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in Schedule 1.back
[2] S.I. 1992/3082. Relevant amendments are made by S.I. 1993/1496 and 3082, 1994/1431 and 3139, 1995/3181, 1996/3245, 1997/3031, 1998/3038 and 1999/3275.back
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