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Business Rate Supplements Act 2009

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9Regulations about ballots

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(1)Regulations may make provision in relation to the holding of a ballot on the imposition of a BRS.

(2)The provision which may be made includes, in particular, provision about—

(a)the timing of a ballot;

(b)the form that a ballot may take;

(c)who is to hold a ballot;

(d)the conduct of a ballot.

(3)The regulations may, in particular—

(a)confer functions on a levying authority;

(b)enable a levying authority to appoint an officer of its to exercise on its behalf a function conferred by virtue of paragraph (a) (a “ballot function”);

(c)enable a levying authority to delegate to a lower-tier authority in relation to it the exercise of a ballot function in the area of that lower-tier authority;

(d)enable a levying authority to delegate to a lower-tier authority in relation to it the exercise of a ballot function in the area of each other lower-tier authority in relation to the levying authority;

(e)enable a lower-tier authority to which the exercise of a ballot function is delegated by virtue of paragraph (c) or (d) to appoint an officer of its to exercise the function on its behalf.

(4)Regulations under this section may make provision as to who may cast a vote in a case where the person eligible to vote is a body corporate, partnership or unincorporated association.

(5)Nothing in subsections (2) to (4) is to be taken as limiting the power conferred by subsection (1).

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