The Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004

Enforcement

9.—(1) Part 3 of and Schedules 2 to 4 to the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement)(Local Lists) Regulations 1989(1) shall apply to the enforcement of the BID levy with the following modifications—

(a) the reference in regulations 10 and 20 to a sum which has become payable to a billing authority under Part 2 of those regulations shall be read as including a reference to a sum which has become payable to a billing authority under this Schedule;

(b) regulation 11(3) shall not apply;

(c) regulation 12(1) shall be read as if the words from “an amount which has fallen due under regulation 8(2)” to “required under regulation 11)” were excluded;

(d) the definition of “authorised person” in regulation 21(7) shall be read as including a person authorised by a billing authority to exercise any functions relating to the collection and enforcement of the BID levy;

(e) the reference in regulation 22 to a sum which has become payable under Part 2 of those regulations to a person other than a billing authority shall be read as including a reference to a sum which has become payable under this Schedule to a person other than a billing authority;

(f) regulation 23(2) shall be read as if the words “or the contents of any BID arrangements made under Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2003” were inserted after the words “such a list” and the words “or the arrangements” were inserted after the words “list or extract”;

(g) regulation 23(3) shall be read as if—

(i) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there were substituted a reference to notification which is given under paragraph 8(2) of this Schedule; and

(ii) the words “or the multiplier in substitution is set under paragraph 10 of Schedule 7 to the Act (as the case maybe)” were excluded; and

(h) regulation 23(4) shall be read as if for the word “paragraph (3)(a) in the case in question, or sets a multiplier in substitution so that paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 7 to the Act applies in the case in question” there were substituted a reference to paragraph 8(2) of this Schedule.

(1)

S.I. 1989/1058; amendments are made by S.I. 1990/145, 1991/141, 1991/1127, 1992/474, 1992/1512, 1993/774, 1993/894, 1993/1493, 1995/212 and 1998/3089.