{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-rate-supplements-act-2009/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-rate-supplements-act-2009/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/7",
  "legislation_title": "Business Rate Supplements Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-rate-supplements-act-2009",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, the “appropriate national authority” means—\n(a) in relation to a levying authority whose area is in England or in relation to hereditaments in England, the Secretary of State;\n(b) in relation to a levying authority whose area is in Wales or in relation to hereditaments in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.\n(2) For the purposes of this Act, an expression in the first column of the Table is defined or otherwise explained by the provision of this Act, or of the 1988 Act, the 1999 Act or the 2003 Act, specified in the second column.\nExpression\nProvision\nBID levy\nSection 41(2) of the 2003 Act\nBilling authority\nSection 144(2) of the 1988 Act\nBRS\nSection 1(1)\nChargeable amount\nSection 13\nChargeable day\nSection 11(5)\nChargeable period\nSection 11(6)\nFinal prospectus\nSection 4\nFinancial year\nSection 145(3) of the 1988 Act\nFinancial year, imposition of BRS for\nSection 11(8)\nFunctional body\nSection 424 of the 1999 Act\nHereditament\nSection 64 of the 1988 Act\nInitial prospectus\nSection 4\nLevying authority\nSection 2(1)\nLocal non-domestic rating list\nSection 41(1) or 41ZA(1) of the 1988 Act\nLower-tier authority\nSection 3(8)\nRateable value\nSection 12(9)\nSection 45 ratepayer\nSection 11(3)\nSums collected by a billing authority in respect of a BRS\nSection 22(7)\nSums received by a functional body in respect of a BRS\nSection 3(10)\nSums received by a levying authority in respect of a BRS\nSection 3(6)\nThe 1988 Act\nSection 1(4)\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), and\n“the 2003 Act” means the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(2) table inserted (W.) (16.11.2024) by Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 6), s. 23(2)(a), Sch. para. 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/7/section/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:12.712152+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."
}