Local Government Act 2003

BID arrangements

41 Arrangements with respect to business improvement districts

(1) A billing authority may in accordance with this Part make arrangements (“BID arrangements”) with respect to an area (a “business improvement district”) comprising all or part of the area of the authority.

(2) The purpose of BID arrangements is to enable—

(a) the projects specified in the arrangements to be carried out for the benefit of the business improvement district or those who live, work or carry on any activity in the district, and

(b) those projects to be financed (in whole or in part) by a levy (“BID levy”) imposed on the non-domestic ratepayers, or a class of such ratepayers, in the district.

42 Joint arrangements

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for or in connection with enabling two or more billing authorities to make BID arrangements with respect to a business improvement district comprising all or part of the area of each of the authorities.

(2) The provision which may be made by regulations under this section includes provision which modifies any provision made by or under this Part in its application to such arrangements.

43 Additional contributions and action

(1) The persons specified in subsection (2) may make financial contributions or take action for the purpose of enabling the projects specified in BID arrangements to be carried out.

(2) Those persons are—

(a) the billing authority which has made the arrangements,

(b) a county council or parish council any part of whose area falls within the business improvement district, and

(c) any other person authorised or required to do so in accordance with the arrangements.

44 Duty to comply with arrangements

Where BID arrangements are in force, the billing authority which made the arrangements must comply with them.