Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

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

• F1“Birmingham City Centre 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 1 to 26;

• “designated area” means an area designated by regulation 3 and Schedule 1;

• “local list” means a list compiled and maintained in accordance with section 41 of the 1988 Act^f1;

• “non-domestic rating income” has the meaning given by Schedule 2;

• “period of designation” means—

  1. (a)

     for the Birmingham City Centre Designated Area, the period of 33 years specified in regulation 4(2);

  2. (b)

     for any other designated area, the period of 25 years specified in regulation 4(1);

• “preceding year” means the year immediately preceding the year for which a calculation under these Regulations is being made;

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

• “small business non-domestic rating multiplier”, in relation to a year, means the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the year determined under Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the 1988 Act^f2; and

• “specified year” means a year falling within the period F2of designation.