The Local Government (General Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations –

“domestic net annual values” means the net annual values of properties used wholly or mainly for domestic purposes as construed in accordance with Articles 39 to 39B of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(1);

“employment deprivation scores” means the employment domain scores contained in the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure, published in July 2001 by the Department of Finance and Personnel;

“expenditure” means net expenditure (excluding depreciation and bank interest) averaged over the latest three financial years, provided by district councils;

“grant” means the resources element of general grant payable to a district council for a financial year;

“gross penny rate product” means the income that may be raised from one penny of district rates on rateable and derated properties, as determined by the Department on the basis of data provided by the Department of Finance and Personnel;

“income deprivation scores” means the income domain scores contained in the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure, published in July 2001 by the Department of Finance and Personnel;

“population” means the population determined by the Department of Finance and Personnel on the basis of mid-year home population estimates for local government districts, and provided by the Department of Finance and Personnel to the Department;

“population density” means mid-year home population estimates per kilometre squared, provided by the Department of Finance and Personnel;

“private household data” means the number of households within each local government district provided by either the Department of Finance and Personnel or the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;

“tourist bed-nights” means the number of tourists staying in Northern Ireland overnight but excluding Northern Ireland residents, provided by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board; and

“travel to work data” means employment statistics, based on census of employment and labour force surveys, provided by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.

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S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)