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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-coronavirus-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-coronavirus-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Coronavirus Financial Assistance Scheme 2020.\n(2) In this Scheme:—\n“capital value list” means a “capital value list” as defined by Article 2(2) of the Rates Order;\n“Coronavirus Financial Assistance” means financial assistance provided under this Scheme;\n“the Coronavirus Regulations” means the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020;\n“the Department” means the Department of Finance;\n“designated district” means a “designated district” for the purposes of Schedule 3 to the Coronavirus Regulations;\n“district council” means a district council as defined by Article 2(2) of the Rates Order;\n“guesthouse” means a guesthouse for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Coronavirus Regulations;\n“hereditament” means a hereditament as defined by Article 2(2) of the Rates Order;\n“higher rate” will be-\n(a) a single payment of £1,600 for the first 14 day period within a qualifying period;\n(b) a payment of £800 for any 7 day period, within a qualifying period, after the 14 day period referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and\n(c) a single payment of £800 for any period of less than 7 days, within a qualifying period, that may follow a 7 day period referred to in sub-paragraph (b);\n“lower rate” will be-\n(a) a single payment of £800 for the first 14 day period within a qualifying period;\n(b) a payment of £400 for any 7 day period, within a qualifying period, after the 14 day period referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and\n(c) a single payment of £400 for any period of less than 7 days, within a qualifying period, that may follow a 7 day period referred to in sub-paragraph (b);\n“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975\n“net annual value” means a net annual value as defined by Article 2(2) of the Rates Order;\n“qualifying period” means an “active period” for the purposes of Schedule 3 to the Coronavirus Regulations;\n“the Rates Order” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;\n“restricted hereditament” means a hereditament within which a person deemed eligible under paragraph 3,4 or 5 carries on a business or provides a service which is restricted in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Coronavirus Regulations;\n“standard rate” will be-\n(a) a single payment of £1,200 for the first 14 day period within a qualifying period;\n(b) a payment of £600 for any 7 day period, within a qualifying period, after the 14 day period referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and\n(c) a single payment of £600 for any period of less than 7 days, within a qualifying period, that may follow a 7 day period referred to in sub-paragraph (b);\n“statutory undertaker” means persons authorised by any statutory provision to carry on any railway, road transport, water transport, inland navigation or dock undertaking, or a gas undertaker, an electricity undertaker, a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker or the airport operator (within the meaning of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994) of any airport to which Article 25 of that Order applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2020 No.150 as amended by S.R. 2020 Nos. 170, 187, 195, 198, 202, 204, 210 and 213"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/426 (N.I.1)"
    }
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  },
  "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."
}