8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person shall be entitled to vote in a BID ballot, an alteration ballot or a re-ballot in respect of a BID ballot or an alteration ballot if, on the date the ballot holder publishes the notice under paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 2, he falls within the class of non-domestic ratepayers to be liable for the BID levy described in the BID proposals or the alteration proposals, as the case may be.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person shall be entitled to vote in a renewal ballot or a re-ballot in respect of a renewal ballot if, on the date the ballot holder publishes the notice under paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 2, he falls within the class of non-domestic ratepayers who on that date are liable for the BID levy.
(3) Where, in respect of a hereditament, more than one person is or is to be liable for the BID levy as partners or trustees the person entitled to vote in respect of that hereditament shall be the partners or trustees jointly.