# The Community Right to Challenge (Business Improvement Districts) Regulations 2015, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“BID” means business improvement district;
“BID arrangements” means—
(a) “BID arrangements” within the meaning given in section 41(1) of the Local Government Act 2003;
(b) “joint BID arrangements” within the meaning given in regulation 1A of the Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004;
(c) “BRS-BID arrangements” within the meaning given in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Business Rate Supplements Act 2009;
(d) “joint BRS-BID arrangements” within the meaning given in regulation 22 of the Business Improvement Districts (Property Owners) (England) Regulations 2014;
“BID body” means, where a local authority BID body is not responsible for implementing the BID arrangements, the body (whether corporate or not) responsible for implementing the BID arrangements;
“billing authority” has the meaning given in section 59(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 2003;
“business improvement district” has the meaning given in section 41(1) of the Local Government Act 2003;
“local authority BID body” means, where the relevant billing authority or a company under the control of that authority (within the meaning given in section 68 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989) is responsible for implementing the BID arrangements, that authority or, as the case may be, that company;
“relevant billing authority” means the billing authority for the area of the BID.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127100/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-community-right-to-challenge-business-improvement-districts-regulations-2015/regulation-2
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