Part 4

Business improvement districts

Miscellaneous

Interpretation of Part 4
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In this Part—
- “BID arrangements” and “BID levy” have the meaning given by section 41;
- “billing authority” means—
  1. 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
  2. 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.
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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.
S. 59 in force at 27.11.2003 for W. by S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I
Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (E.) (2.12.2014) by The Business Improvement Districts (Property Owners) (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3204), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(b), 19(3)(b), Sch. 5 para. 1
S. 59 in force at 18.11.2003 for E. by S.I. 2003/2938, art. 3(a) (with art. 8, Sch.)
Pt. 4 modified (E.) by The Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2443), reg. 1A, Sch. 5 (as inserted (7.4.2013) by S.I. 2013/2265, regs. 1, 3(2), Sch.)