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Business Rate Supplements Act 2009

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(1)In this Act, the “appropriate national authority” means—

(a)in relation to a levying authority whose area is in England or in relation to hereditaments in England, the Secretary of State;

(b)in relation to a levying authority whose area is in Wales or in relation to hereditaments in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

(2)For the purposes of this Act, an expression in the first column of the Table is defined or otherwise explained by the provision of this Act, or of the 1988 Act, the 1999 Act or the 2003 Act, specified in the second column.

ExpressionProvision
BID levySection 41(2) of the 2003 Act
Billing authoritySection 144(2) of the 1988 Act
BRSSection 1(1)
Chargeable amountSection 13
Chargeable daySection 11(5)
Chargeable periodSection 11(6)
Final prospectusSection 4
Financial yearSection 145(3) of the 1988 Act
Financial year, imposition of BRS forSection 11(8)
Functional bodySection 424 of the 1999 Act
HereditamentSection 64 of the 1988 Act
Initial prospectusSection 4
Levying authoritySection 2(1)
Local non-domestic rating listSection 41(1) of the 1988 Act
Lower-tier authoritySection 3(8)
Rateable valueSection 12(9)
Section 45 ratepayerSection 11(3)
Sums collected by a billing authority in respect of a BRSSection 22(7)
Sums received by a functional body in respect of a BRSSection 3(10)
Sums received by a levying authority in respect of a BRSSection 3(6)
The 1988 ActSection 1(4)

(3)In subsection (2)—

  • “the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), and

  • “the 2003 Act” means the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26).

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