# Business Rate Supplements Act 2009, Section 30: Interpretation


(1) In this Act, the “appropriate national authority” means—
(a) in relation to a levying authority whose area is in England or in relation to hereditaments in England, the Secretary of State;
(b) in relation to a levying authority whose area is in Wales or in relation to hereditaments in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.
(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.
Expression
Provision
BID levy
Section 41(2) of the 2003 Act
Billing authority
Section 144(2) of the 1988 Act
BRS
Section 1(1)
Chargeable amount
Section 13
Chargeable day
Section 11(5)
Chargeable period
Section 11(6)
Final prospectus
Section 4
Financial year
Section 145(3) of the 1988 Act
Financial year, imposition of BRS for
Section 11(8)
Functional body
Section 424 of the 1999 Act
Hereditament
Section 64 of the 1988 Act
Initial prospectus
Section 4
Levying authority
Section 2(1)
Local non-domestic rating list
Section 41(1) or 41ZA(1) of the 1988 Act
Lower-tier authority
Section 3(8)
Rateable value
Section 12(9)
Section 45 ratepayer
Section 11(3)
Sums collected by a billing authority in respect of a BRS
Section 22(7)
Sums received by a functional body in respect of a BRS
Section 3(10)
Sums received by a levying authority in respect of a BRS
Section 3(6)
The 1988 Act
Section 1(4)
(3) In subsection (2)—
“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), and
“the 2003 Act” means the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/7/section/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/business-rate-supplements-act-2009/section-30
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