# The Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


In this Schedule—
“the 2003 Regulations” means the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003;
“the 2013 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013;
“end of year calculations” means the calculation of non-domestic rating income that a billing authority is required to make in accordance with regulation 9(1)(a) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the 2013 Regulations for the relevant year;
“refunds in respect of previous years” means amounts to be repaid to ratepayers as a consequence of an alteration to a list in accordance with regulations made under section 55 of the 1988 Act in respect of a year prior to the year beginning on 1st April 2013;
“relevant proportion” means the relevant proportion of the provision for refunds in respect of previous years that a billing authority included in its calculation of surplus or deficit on the collection fund for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2014, in accordance with paragraph 1A of Schedule 4 to the 2013 Regulations;
“relevant provision” means provision made by an authority to recognise amounts to be repaid to ratepayers as a consequence of an alteration to a list in accordance with regulations made under section 55 of the 1988 Act;
“relevant year” means the year for which a calculation of non-domestic rating income or of a payment is being made in accordance with the 2013 Regulations; and
“surplus or deficit with respect to non-domestic rates” means the billing authority’s estimate as to whether there is a surplus or deficit with respect to non-domestic rates in its collection fund for the preceding year calculated in accordance with regulation 13 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to, the 2013 Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/737/schedule/1A/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-levy-and-safety-net-regulations-2013/schedule-1A/paragraph-1
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