{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2003/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2003/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/26",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2003",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 4",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“BID arrangements” and “BID levy” have the meaning given by section 41;\n“billing authority” means—\n(a) in relation to England, a district council, a unitary county council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and\n(b) in relation to Wales, a county council or county borough council;\n“business improvement district” has the meaning given by section 41;\n“enactment” includes an enactment contained in a local or private Act or comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30));\n“non-domestic ratepayer”, in relation to any area, means a person subject to a non-domestic rate under section 43 or 45 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41) (liability to non-domestic rates) because he is the owner or occupier of a hereditament situated in that area;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;\n“unitary county council” means a county council that is the council for a county in which there are no district councils.\n(2) Other expressions which are used in this Part and in Part 3 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (non-domestic rates) have the same meaning in this Part as they have in that Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 59 in force at 18.11.2003 for E. by S.I. 2003/2938, art. 3(a) (with art. 8, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 59 in force at 27.11.2003 for W. by S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/26/section/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:07.059359+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."
}