Section 48 and Schedule 18: Powers to act for the protection of public health: Northern Ireland Section 80: Extension of BID arrangements: Northern Ireland
This section establishes the delay of BID ballots through an extension of maximum duration of Northern Ireland BID arrangements, for those BID arrangements that were in place on the day of Royal Assent but are due to terminate on or before 31st December 2020. Those BIDs’ arrangements will be extended until 31st March 2021.
	Subsection (1) sets out which BID arrangements fall within the provisions of the section:
if BID arrangements are in force on the day on the Coronavirus Bill (now Act) obtained Royal Assent (25th March 2020); and
the BID arrangements are due to expire between the day the Coronavirus Bill (now Act) obtained Royal Assent (25th March 2020) and the 31st December 2020.
	Subsection (2) sets out how the extension to the BID arrangements for BIDs included within the delay will work in practice:
that the BID arrangements will now end on 31st March 2021, rather than at the previous five-year maximum which would have ended between the day the Coronavirus Bill (now Act) obtained Royal Assent (25th March 2020) and 31st December 2020;
that the extension beyond the previous-five year maximum will be treated as a new charging period (defined as the 2021 charging period) ending on 31st March 2021.
sets out in greater detail how the levy for the 2021 chargeable period created by the extension will work:
the 2021 chargeable period created by the extension will be calculated in the same manner as the 2020 chargeable period; and
the levy will be applied in a way that is just and reasonable, in the case where the 2021 chargeable period is longer or shorter than the last 2020 chargeable period.
Sets out that the non-domestic ratepayers specified in the arrangements (or hereditaments) liable for the levy will be the same as the last 2020 chargeable period.
	Subsection (3) defines "the last 2020 chargeable period" as the chargeable period that would have been the last chargeable period for the BID that was due to end in 2020 had it not been extended beyond the five-year maximum by this section.
	Subsection (4) disapplies the five-year maximum rule for BID arrangements set out in section 16(1) of the Business Improvement Districts Act (NI) 2013, for the BID arrangements included within the extension for this section.
	Subsection (5) highlights that the termination and alteration procedures for BID arrangements set out in section 16(4) of the Business Improvement Districts Act (NI) 2013 continue to apply and BID arrangements included within the extension can still utilise those procedures if necessary.
	Subsection (6) highlights that expressions included within this section retain the same legal meaning as those in the Business Improvement Districts Act (NI) 2013.
	Subsection (7) binds the individuals in public service of the Crown.
	The territorial extent and application of this section is Northern Ireland only.