Committee Stage - Business Improvement Districts Bill

The Business Improvement Districts Bill will introduce provisions to allow for statutory business improvement districts (BIDs) in Northern Ireland and will provide a general legislative framework for the BID scheme, with the detail of the scheme intended to be introduced by secondary legislation.

The Committee for Social Development are responsible for the Committee Stage of the Business Improvement Districts Bill. The Committee submitted a call for evidence which expired in September 2012.

Below you will find further information on the Committee Stage of the Bill:

• The legislation - Business Improvement Districts Bill
• The Committee's Call for Evidence
• Written Submissions received by the Committee in response to the Call for Evidence
• The Committee's Report on the Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) Bill (NIA Bill 9/11-15)