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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.

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To be appointed

This section shall come into force in relation to England, on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and in relation to Wales, on such day as the National Assembly for Wales may by order appoint: see s 128(6).

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