Non-domestic rating: premises used for referendum purposes
25. In relation to premises in a voting area, section 65(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1) (occupation for election meetings and polls) has effect as if—
(a)the reference to public meetings in furtherance of a person’s candidature at an election included a reference to public meetings promoting a particular result in the referendum; and
(b)the reference to the use by a returning officer for the purpose of taking the poll in an election included a reference to the use for the purpose of taking the poll in the referendum—
(i)by a person exercising functions of a counting officer in accordance with regulation 15, or
(ii)by a relevant returning or counting officer within the meaning of rule 2(1) of the Local Government Finance Act Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules.
1988 c 41, to which there have been no relevant amendments.