
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 31st December 1998.
2 
Schedules 1 and 2 to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 are amended as follows.
3 
In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1999, in Schedule 1–
(a) in paragraph 1(4), for “1998” there is substituted “1999”;
(b) in paragraph 4(4), for “1998 is £78,606,000” there is substituted “1999 is £82,506,000”;
(c) for the Table in Part II there is substituted–“

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, Watford 1.1296
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, Woking 1.0968
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 1.0373
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 1.2125
The council of an outer London borough 1.1059
The Common Council of the City of London 1.5140
The Council of the Isles of Scilly 1.0
The Isle of Wight Council 1.0373”
4 
In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1999, in Schedule 2–
(a) in paragraph 2(12), for “0.951” there is substituted “0.92”;
(b) for the table in paragraph 8(1) there is substituted the following–“

Name or description of authority Percentage
The council of a metropolitan district 1.2
The council of a non-metropolitan district which has the functions of a county council 1.1
The council of a non-metropolitan district which does not have the functions of a county council 0.9
The council of an inner London borough, and the Common Council of the City of London 1.5
The council of an outer London borough 2.3
The Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Council 1.1”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8th December 1998