The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/3130
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st December 2003.

Section 2 Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992

Schedules 1 and 2 to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 are amended as follows in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2004.

Section 3 Rules for the calculation of non-domestic rating contributions

In Schedule 1—

(a) in paragraph 1(4)—

(i) for “2003” there is substituted “2004”; and

(ii) delete the words “less £6.5 million”.

(b) in paragraph 3(1)(a), after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)” ;

(c) in paragraph 3(1)(b), after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)”;

(d) in paragraph 3(3), after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)”;

(e) in paragraph 4(4), for “2003 is £83,606,000” there is substituted “2004 is £84,106,000”; and

(f) for Part II there is substituted—

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Section 4 Assumptions relating to provisional amounts

In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2004, in Schedule 2—

(a) in paragraph 2(12) for “0.961” there is substituted “0.959”;

(b) in paragraph 3, after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)”;

(c) in paragraph 4, after “section 47(2)(a)” there is inserted “or 47(2)(ba)”; and

(d) for the table in paragraph 8(1) there is substituted the following—