F1SCHEDULE 7THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING BUSINESS REFERENDUMS RULES
PART 1Citation and Interpretation
Citation
1.
These Rules may be cited as the Neighbourhood Planning Business Referendums Rules.
Interpretation
2.
(1)
In these Rules—
“ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” mean the envelopes referred to in rule 20;
“business registration officer” has the same meaning as in Schedule 6;
“business vote holder” has the same meaning as in Schedule 6;
“business voting register” has the same meaning as in Schedule 6, and references to the business voting register include any copies of that register or of any part of it;
“counting observer” means a counting observer duly appointed under rule 47;
“corresponding residential referendum” means the other referendum required to be held on the same plan or order as the business referendum conducted under these Rules;
“named voter” means a person whose details appear on the business voting register as a named voter on behalf of a business vote holder in accordance with Schedule 6;
“number on the register” means the number allotted to an entry on the business voting register under paragraph 15(1)(e) of Schedule 6;
“polling observer” means a polling observer duly appointed under rule 47;
“postal ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in rule 29(1)(b);
“postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter;
“postal voter” means a named voter who has chosen to vote by post;
“postal voters’ ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in rule 29(1)(a);
“valid postal voting statement” means a postal voting statement which, in accordance with rule 34 or 35, the counting officer is satisfied has been duly completed;
“voters list” has the same meaning as in Schedule 6, and references to the voters list include any copies of that list or of any part of it;
“universal postal service provider” has the meaning given in Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011 to a “universal service provider”.
(2)
Other expressions used both in these Rules and in the 1983 Act (as it applies to local government elections) have the same meaning in these Rules as they have in that Act.