SCHEDULE 5Modification of the 2003 Act, the 2009 Act and these Regulations in respect of joint BRS-BID arrangements

Modification of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2003

1.

Part 4 of the 2003 Act applies in relation to joint BRS-BID arrangements with the following modifications—

(a)

in section 43(2)(a) (additional contributions and action) for “the billing authority which has made the arrangements,” substitute “any of the billing authorities which have made the arrangements,”;

(b)

in section 44 (duty to comply with arrangements) for “the billing authority which made the arrangements” substitute “all of the billing authorities which made the arrangements”;

(c)

in section 46(4) (liability for BRS-BID levy) for “which made the arrangements” substitute “in whose area the hereditament in respect of which that person is liable is situated.”;

(d)

for section 51(4) (power of veto) substitute—

“(4)

If a billing authority vetoes BRS-BID proposals, it must give notice of the exercise of the veto—

(a)

to the persons entitled to vote in the ballot; and

(b)

to each of the other billing authorities to which the proposals relate.”; and

(e)

in section 53 (commencement of BRS-BID arrangements)—

(i)

in subsection (2) for “The billing authority concerned” substitute “The billing authorities concerned”;

(ii)

in subsection (7)(a) for “the billing authority concerned” substitute “the billing authorities concerned”.