Regulation 3 Rules for calculation of contributions

in paragraph 1(4), for “1996” there is substituted “1997”;

in paragraph 4(4), for “1996 is £76,867,000” there is substituted “1997 is £77,751,000”;

for the Table in Part II there is substituted—

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COST 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 and Watford	1.1369
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 and Woking	1.1010
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	1.0405
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	1.2239
The council of an outer London borough	1.1156
The Common Council of the City of London	1.5493
The Council of the Isles of Scilly	1.0
The council of a county which has the functions of a district council	1.0405

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at the end of the formula there were inserted “+P”, and

at the end there were added—

• “P is the amount of the reasonable costs, if any, incurred by the authority in respect of changes to their computer programs to give effect to the Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts for Small Hereditaments) Regulations 1996^f1, provided that, if the amount of such costs exceeds £3,000, P is £3,000.”;