The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005
S.I. 2005/3333 · Made 1 December 2005
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND
Made 1st December 2005
Laid before Parliament 9th December 2005
Coming into force 31st December 2005
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 1988f1, makes the following Regulations:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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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.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992
- 3Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions
- 4Assumptions relating to provisional amounts
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 31st December 2005.
2Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992f1 are amended as follows in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2006.
3Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions
In Schedule 1—
in paragraph 1(4), for “2005” substitute “2006”;
in paragraph 4(4), for “2005” substitute “2006”; and
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 1.127 The councils of the districts of Broxbourne, Chiltern, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, South Buckinghamshire, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield 1.0994 The councils of the districts of Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham 1.121 The councils of the districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Epping Forest, Harlow, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Thurrock 1.0826 The councils of the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes and Wycombe 1.0814 The council of a district which falls within the county of Oxfordshire 1.067 The councils of the districts of Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Hertfordshire, South Bedfordshire, Stevenage and Bedford 1.0502 The councils of the districts of Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire 1.046 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 1.0406 The councils of the districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing 1.0066 The council of a district which falls within the county of Warwickshire 1.0211 The councils of the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, Swindon and West Wiltshire 1.0261 The councils of the districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 1.0378 The council of a district which falls within the county of Northamptonshire 1.0194 The councils of the districts of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells 1.0102 The council of a district which falls within the county of Gloucestershire 1.0203 The council of a district which falls within the West Midlands metropolitan county 1.0175 The councils of the districts of Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Macclesfield, Vale Royal and Warrington 1.0174 The council of a district which falls within the Greater Manchester metropolitan county 1.0192 The councils of the districts of Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring and Uttlesford 1.0116 The councils of the districts of Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden 1.0134 The council of a district which falls within the West Yorkshire metropolitan county 1.0091 The councils of the districts of Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston and Rutland 1.0079 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 1.2491 The councils of the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton 1.1381 The councils of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1.0806 The Common Council of the City of London 1.4366 The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.5 The Isle of Wight Council 1.0406 ”.
4Assumptions relating to provisional amounts
In Schedule 2—
in paragraph 2(12), for “0.987” substitute “0.998”; and
for the table in paragraph 8(1) substitute—
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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 0.5 The council of an inner London borough and the Common Council of the City of London 1.0 The council of an outer London borough 0.9 The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council 0.8 ”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Phil Woolas
Minister of State Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
1st December 2005
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Under Part II of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”), billing authorities are required to pay amounts (called non-domestic rating contributions) to an account held by the Secretary of State (“the national non-domestic rating pool”). The national non-domestic rating pool is subsequently distributed to authorities under the rules in Part III of Schedule 8 to the 1988 Act. Payments into the national non-domestic rating pool in respect of the provisional amount of the non-domestic rating contributions are made during the financial year. Final calculations and adjustments of those contributions are made after the year ends.
These Regulations amend the rules contained in the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”) for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions and the assumptions to be made in calculating the provisional amount of the non-domestic rating contributions for financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2006. They make amendments in relation to—
the offset for a special authority (the definition of “special authority” is given in section 144(6) of the 1988 Act) in paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Regulations;
the national cost of collection figure in paragraph 4(4) of that Schedule;
the cost factors in Part II of that Schedule;
the buoyancy factor (which is one of the assumptions billing authorities use in calculating the provisional amount) in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations; and
the losses in collection percentages in paragraph 8(1) of that Schedule.