Definitions
The following defenitions are used within this document:
'Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG)' means the additional funding provided by Government. Funding will be made available to eligible Local Authorities at the point that national restrictions are imposed or at the point the Local Authority first entered LCAL 3 local restrictions.
'COVID-19 (coronavirus) means the infection disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.
'Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)' means the Government department responsible for the scheme and guidance,
'Effective date' means, for eligibility of the grant, the date of the local restrictions or the date of widespread national restrictions. For the purpose of this scheme, the date cannot be before 9 September 2020.
'Hereditament(s)' means the assessment defined within Section 64 of the Local Government FInance Act 1988.
'In-person services' means services which are wholly or mainly provided by the business to their customers face to face and which cannot be provided by other means such as inline or remotely by telephone, email, video link or written communication.
'Local Covid Alert Level (LCAL)' means the level of alert determined by Government and Local authorities for the area. LECALs have three tiers. Tier 1 (medium); Tier 2 (high) and Tier 3 (very high). For the purposes of these schemes the definitions used are LCAL1, LCAL2 and LCAL3.
'Local lockdown' means the same as 'Local restrictions'.
'Local rating list' means the list as defined by Section 41 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
'Local restrictions' and 'Localised restrictions' means legally binding restrictions imposed on specific Local Authority areas or multiple Local Authority areas, where the Secretary of State for Healt and Social Care requires the closure of businesses in a local area under regulations made using powers in Part 2A of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 in response to the threat posed by coronavirus and commonly as part of a wider set of measures;
'Local Restrictions Support Grant Scheme (Closed)' means the grant scheme developed bu the Council in response to an announcement made by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy made on 9 September 2020, amended on 9 October 2020, and which is applicable to business forced to close under either LCAL3 or where national restrictions are in place.
'Local Restrictions Support Grant Scheme (Closed) Addendum' means the changes made to the Local Restrictions Support Grant Scheme (Closed) due to widespread nationwide restrictions.
'Local Restrictions Support Grant Scheme (Open)' means the grant scheme developed by the Council in response to an announcement made by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy made on 22 October 2020 and which is applicable to businesses that are still open but severely impacted by the restricitons imposed by LCAL2 and LCAL3.
'Local Restrictions Support Grant Scheme (Sector)' means the grant scheme developed by the Council in response to an announcement made by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy made on 9 Octover 2020 (Effective from 1 November 2020) and which is applicable to businesses that have been required to close on a national basis since 23 March 2020 due to restrictions being put in place to manage coronavirus.
'Rateable value' means the rateable value for the hereditament shown in the Council's local rating list at the date of the local restrictions.
'Ratepayer' means the person who will receive the grant will be the person who, according to the Council's records, was the ratepayer liable for occupied rates in respect of the hereditament at the date of the local restrictions.
'State Aid Framework' means the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak published on 19 March 2020.
'Temporary Framework for State aid' means the same as the 'State Aid Framework'