Clause 59 - Crown application
Local Government Bill
3:15 pm
Mr Christopher Leslie (Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office; Shipley, Labour)
Clause 59 provides that any Crown property, which will be mainly central Government property, will be liable for the BID levy where the Crown property falls within a business improvement district. Crown properties have been liable to pay non-domestic rates since 1 April 2000. If they fall within a business improvement district as defined within the proposals, those properties will also be liable to pay the additional BID levy and will have a vote in the BID ballot.