The Business Improvement Districts (Miscellaneous) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Business Improvement Districts (Miscellaneous) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on the day after the day on which they are made.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the 2013 Act” means the Business Improvement Districts Act (Northern Ireland) 2013;

“the 2014 (General) Regulations” means the Business Improvement Districts (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014;

“alteration ballot” has the meaning given in regulation 16 of the 2013 (General) Regulations;

“ballot holder” has the meaning given in regulation 6 of the 2013 (General) Regulations;

“BID” means business improvement district under section 1 of the 2013 Act;

“BID ballot” means a ballot under section 5(1) of the 2013 Act;

“BID body” means the body (whether corporate or not corporate) responsible for the implementation of the works or services to be provided within the BID arrangements, where a BID body is included in the BID proposals in terms of paragraph (1)(a) of Schedule 1 of the 2014 (General) Regulations;

“BID proposer” means a person who draws up BID proposals;

“DFP” means the Department of Finance and Personnel;

“re-ballot” means a BID ballot, renewal ballot, or alteration ballot, as the case may be, which is required to be arranged pursuant to regulation 9(10) of the 2014 (General) Regulations;

“relevant property” has the same meaning as provided for in section 6(4) of the 2013 Act for the purposes of that section;

“renewal ballot” means a ballot under section 16(2) of the 2013 Act;

“veto” means a veto by the district council pursuant to section 9 of the 2013 Act;