Regulation 3 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

• “baseline amount”, in relation to a billing authority, means the amount calculated under Part 3 of Schedule 2 in respect of a designated area for a specified year;

• “billing authority” means a billing authority in England all or part of whose area falls within a designated area;

• F1“Birmingham City Centre Curzon Extension Designated Area” means the area designated in Schedule 1 by reference to the areas bounded externally by the outer edge of the blue line shown on maps 87 to 102;

• “designated area” means an area designated under regulation 4(1);

• “local list” means a local non-domestic rating list^f1;

• “non-domestic rating income”, in relation to a billing authority, means the amount calculated under Part 2 of Schedule 2 in respect of a designated area for a specified year;

• F2“period of designation” means—

  1. (a)

     for the Birmingham City Centre Curzon Extension Designated Area, the period of 30 years specified in regulation 4(3);

  2. (b)

     for any other designated area, the period of 25 years specified in regulation 4(2);

• “preceding year” means the chargeable financial year^f2 immediately preceding the specified year for which a calculation under Part 3 of Schedule 2 is made;

• “revaluation year” means a year in which a local list must be compiled under section 41 of the 1988 Act;

• “Schedule 7B” means Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act;

• “small business non-domestic rating multiplier”, in relation to a chargeable financial year, means the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for that year determined under Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the 1988 Act^f3; and

• “specified year” means a chargeable financial year falling within the period of designation.