{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-improvement-districts-england-regulations-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2443",
  "legislation_title": "The Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-improvement-districts-england-regulations-2004",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For regulation 18 (termination of BID arrangements) substitute—\n“Termination of BID arrangements\n18. (1) The lead authority may terminate BID arrangements where in the opinion of the authority, the BID body will have insufficient finances to meet its liabilities for the current chargeable period and the authority has—\n(a) offered the BID body a reasonable opportunity to arrange for financing the shortfall or for a reduction in the works or services under the BID arrangements which is sufficient to offset the shortfall; and\n(b) given those persons who are liable to the BID levy an opportunity, at a public meeting, to make representations in relation to the termination of the BID arrangements.\n(2) Any of the relevant billing authorities may terminate BID arrangements where that authority is unable, due to any cause beyond the control of the authority, to provide works or services which are necessary for the BID to continue and the authority has—\n(a) consulted each of the other relevant billing authorities;\n(b) where there is a BID body, consulted the BID body and conducted a consultation with such representatives of the business community for the geographical area of the BID as the relevant billing authorities consider appropriate; and\n(c) where one or more local authority BID bodies are responsible for implementing the BID arrangements, conducted a consultation with such representatives of the business community for the geographical area of the BID as the relevant billing authorities consider appropriate.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the BID body or, where one or more local authority BID bodies are responsible for implementing the BID arrangements, the relevant billing authority or authorities concerned, may terminate the BID arrangements where—\n(a) the works or services to be provided under the BID arrangements are no longer required; or\n(b) the BID body or any local authority BID body, as the case may be, is unable, due to any cause beyond its control, to provide works or services which are necessary for the BID to continue.\n(4) The BID body or, where one or more local authority BID bodies are responsible for implementing the BID arrangements, the relevant billing authority or authorities concerned, shall take no steps to terminate the BID arrangements until—\n(a) where there is a BID body, it has consulted each of the relevant billing authorities and conducted a consultation with such representatives of the business community for the geographical area of the BID as those authorities consider appropriate; and\n(b) where one or more local authority BID bodies are responsible for implementing the BID arrangements, the relevant billing authority or authorities concerned have conducted a consultation with such representatives of the business community for the geographical area of the BID as that authority or those authorities consider appropriate.\n(5) The lead authority or any of the relevant billing authorities, as the case may be, shall notify the BID body and all the other relevant billing authorities in writing of its intention to terminate the BID arrangements under paragraphs (1) to (3) at least 28 days before the date of the termination.\n(6) The BID body shall notify the lead authority in writing of its intention to terminate the BID arrangements under paragraph (3) at least 28 days before the date of termination.\n(7) Where BID arrangements are terminated under this regulation the lead authority shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give notice of the termination in writing to each person liable for the BID levy and the notice shall include an explanation of whether a repayment under regulation 14(4) is to be made.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 inserted (7.10.2013) by The Business Improvement Districts (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2265), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2443/schedule/5/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:18:22.459820+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}