The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) (Soft Play Businesses) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Citation and interpretation

2.  In this Scheme:—

“application” means an application under paragraph 3;

“Department” means the Department of Finance;

“financial assistance” means financial assistance provided in accordance with this scheme;

“hereditament” means a hereditament as defined by Article 2(2) of the Rates Order;

“higher rate” will be a payment of £1,600 for any 7 day period within a qualifying period, and a single payment of £229 for each day, within any period of less than 7 days, that may follow such a 7 day period;

“lower rate” will be a payment of £800 for any 7 day period within a qualifying period, and a single payment of £114 for each day, within any period of less than 7 days, that may follow such a 7 day period;

“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975(1);

“net annual value” means a net annual value as defined by Article 2(2) of the Rates Order;

“occupier” means a person who carries on a soft play business in a restricted hereditament;

“qualifying period” means the period beginning on 3rd July 2020 and ending on 13th September 2020;

“the Insolvency Order” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(2);

“the Rates Order” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(3);

“restricted hereditament” means a hereditament within which an occupier carries on a soft play business;

“soft play business” means a business wholly or mainly used for the purposes of the provision of soft play facilities;

“standard rate” will be a payment of £1,200 for any 7 day period within a qualifying period, and a single payment of £171 for each day, within any period of less than 7 days, that may follow such a 7 day period;

“statutory undertaker” means persons authorised by any statutory provision to carry on any railway, road transport, water transport, inland navigation or dock undertaking, or a gas undertaker, an electricity undertaker, a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker or the airport operator (within the meaning of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994(4)) of any airport to which Article 25 of that Order applies.

(1)

1975 c. 26

(2)

S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)

(3)

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

(4)

S.R. 2010 No. 4