Part 4Business improvement districts
Miscellaneous
I1I255Regulations about ballots
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision in relation to ballots.
2
The provision which may be made by regulations under this section includes provision—
a
as to the timing of ballots;
b
as to the non-domestic ratepayers entitled to vote in a ballot;
c
as to the question to be asked in a ballot;
d
as to the form that ballots may take;
e
as to the persons who are to hold ballots;
f
as to the conduct of ballots;
g
conferring power on the Secretary of State to declare ballots void in cases of material irregularity;
h
for or in connection with enabling a billing authority to recover the costs of a ballot from such persons and in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
3
Nothing in subsection (2) is to be taken as limiting the power conferred by subsection (1).
4
No regulations under subsection (1) which include provision of the kind mentioned in subsection (2)(b) shall be made by the Secretary of State unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations (whether containing them alone or with other provisions) has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
5
In this section “ballot” means a ballot held for the purposes of section 49(1) or 54(2).