Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas etc.) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/318) designate areas in England (“designated areas”) for the purpose of paragraph 39 of Schedule 7B to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) (local retention of non-domestic rates). They provide rules for calculating in respect of a billing authority in England all or part of whose area falls within a designated area—
the billing authority’s non-domestic rating income in respect of the designated area for a specified year; and
the proportion of that non-domestic rating income that is to be disregarded for the purpose of specified calculations under Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act.
These Regulations correct errors contained in the table in Schedule 1 to the Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas etc.) Regulations 2017 by substituting the correct values for J for four designated areas within the area of Lewes District Council. The value of J is used in respect of each designated area to calculate the proportion of non-domestic rating income that is to be disregarded for the purpose of specified calculations under Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act.
No separate impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations, but the impact assessment prepared for the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17) is relevant: