Paragraph 1 Application and interpretationF1

F2Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), this Schedule applies to the billing authorities listed in column 1 of the table set out below in relation to F3relevant years beginning on 1st April 2015, 1st April 2016 and 1st April 2017.

This Schedule does not apply to a billing authority listed in Part 2 of Schedule 5 for a relevant year beginning on or after 1st April 2017.

In this Schedule—

• “allowance for non-collection” means an allowance made by a billing authority in its principal financial statements for a relevant year, in accordance with proper practices, to recognise amounts of non-domestic rates which the billing authority estimates will not be collected;

• “alteration to a local list” means an alteration to a local non-domestic rating list made in accordance with regulations under section 55 of the 1988 Act;

• “Collection Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989;

• “growth baseline amount”, in relation to a billing authority, means the figure specified in column 2 of the table set out below in relation to that authority;

• “relevant provision” means a provision made by a billing authority in its principal financial statements for a relevant year which, in accordance with proper practices, reflects amounts to be credited to ratepayers following changes to a ratepayer’s liability for non-domestic rates;

• “transitional protection payment” means a payment under regulations under paragraph 33(1) of Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act.

  Billing authority Column 1	Growth baseline amount Column 2 (£)
  Greater Manchester
  Bolton	89,545,561
  Bury	52,217,065
  Manchester	343,637,824
  Oldham	60,286,829
  Rochdale	62,963,048
  Salford	100,185,762
  Stockport	91,637,000
  Tameside	57,763,975
  Trafford	166,096,865
  Wigan	82,383,374
  Cheshire
  Cheshire East	141,320,753
  Cambridgeshire
  Cambridge	98,386,258
  East Cambridgeshire	18,601,752
  Fenland	25,365,993
  Huntingdonshire	60,392,226
  Peterborough	98,862,997
  South Cambridgeshire	71,379,837