The Business Improvement Districts (Property Owners) (England) Regulations 2014

1.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the matters which shall be included in BRS-BID proposals are—

(a) a statement of the works or services to be provided, the name of who will provide them (the name of the BRS-BID body or local authority BRS-BID body) and the type of body the provider is (whether a local authority, a company under the control of the authority, a limited company or a partnership);

(b) a statement of the existing baseline services (if any) provided by the relevant billing authority or other public authority;

(c) a description of the geographical area of the BID (including a map showing that area);

(d) a statement of the description of persons who are to be liable for BRS-BRD levy in the geographical area of the BID, an explanation of how the amount of the BRS-BID levy to be levied is to be calculated and an explanation of whether any of the costs incurred in developing the BRS-BID proposals, holding of the ballot or implementing the BRS-BID are to be recovered through the BRS-BID levy;

(e) a statement of the specified class of persons with a relevant property interest (if any) for which and the level at which any relief from the BRS-BID levy is to apply;

(f) a statement of whether the BRS-BID arrangements may be altered without an alteration ballot and, if so, which aspects of the BRS-BID arrangements may be altered in this way;

(g) a statement of the duration of the BRS-BID arrangements;

(h) a statement of the commencement date of the BRS-BID arrangements; and

(i) details of how to obtain copies of the BRS-BID proposals.

(2) In relation to sub-paragraph (1)(h), the BRS-BID proposals shall specify how many days after the notice of the result is published pursuant to paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 the BRS-BID arrangements will commence and such commencement date shall be no later than a year after the date of that notice.