# The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 3


In this Schedule, “relevant rates relief” is calculated in accordance with the formula—
where—
H is the billing authority’s estimate of the amount of rates relief to be awarded in the preceding year in accordance with the following guidance—
(a) “Expanded retail discount 2020 to 2021: coronavirus response – local authority guidance” published on 30th November 2018 and updated on 2nd April 2020;
(b) “Business rates: nursery (childcare) discount 2020 to 2021: coronavirus response – local authority guidance” published on 20th March 2020 and updated on 2nd April 2020;
(c) Annex A of “The case for a Business Rates Relief for local newspapers – Government Response”, published on 8th July 2015 and updated on 2nd December 2016, extended until 31st March 2025 by a Written Ministerial Statement on 27 January 2020 from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury;
J is the amount of rates relief that the billing authority estimated would be awarded in the preceding year in accordance with the guidance “Business Rates: Retail Discount 20/21 – Local Authority Guidance” published on 30th November 2018 and updated on 27th January 2020 when it calculated its non-domestic rating income for the purposes of regulation 3 for the year beginning on 1st April 2020.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/452/schedule/4A/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-rates-retention-regulations-2013/schedule-4A/paragraph-3
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