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Localism Act 2011

Localism Act 2011

2011 CHAPTER 20

Commentary

Part 4: Non-Domestic Rates

Section 68: Ballot for imposition and certain variations of a business rate supplement

158.Section 68 amends the Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 to provide that all proposals for the imposition of a Business Rate Supplement will require approval by a ballot of all persons eligible to vote, as opposed to the current position where a ballot is only required if the Business Rate Supplement is to fund more than one third of the total cost of the project to which the Business Rate Supplement relates. Subsection (6) also requires that certain further information about the result of any ballot is to be published in the initial and final prospectuses for the Business Rate Supplement. The amendments do not apply in relation to a Business Rate Supplement that has already been imposed as the time the amendments come into force (whether or not the Business Rate Supplement is payable at that time)

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