Part 4Business improvement districts

Miscellaneous

59Interpretation of Part 4

(1)

In this Part—

BID arrangements” and “BID levy” have the meaning given by section 41;

billing authority” means—

(a)

in relation to England, a district council, a unitary county council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and

(b)

in relation to Wales, a county council or county borough council;

business improvement district” has the meaning given by section 41;

enactment” includes an enactment contained in a local or private Act or comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30));

non-domestic ratepayer”, in relation to any area, means a person subject to a non-domestic rate under section 43 or 45 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41) (liability to non-domestic rates) because he is the owner or occupier of a hereditament situated in that area;

prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

unitary county council” means a county council that is the council for a county in which there are no district councils.

(2)

Other expressions which are used in this Part and in Part 3 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (non-domestic rates) have the same meaning in this Part as they have in that Part.