Business referendums7
1
After regulation 16 (referendums not arranged by the local planning authority), insert—
Business referendums17
1
This regulation applies where a business referendum is required to be held.
2
The business referendum must be held on the same date as the corresponding residential referendum.
3
Schedule 6 is to have effect.
4
The poll at the business referendum is to be conducted in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Business Referendums Rules as set out in Schedule 7.
5
The provisions mentioned in the Tables in Schedule 8 have effect in relation to the business referendum subject to—
a
unless the context otherwise requires the general modifications specified in paragraph (6), and
b
the modifications specified in those Tables.
6
The general modifications are—
a
a reference to an election must be construed as a reference to the business referendum;
b
a reference to a returning officer must be construed as a reference to the counting officer;
c
a reference to a register or a register of parliamentary or local government electors must be construed as a reference to the business voting register;
d
a reference to a constituency, an electoral division or a ward, or a reference to a voting area must be construed as a reference to the referendum area;
e
a reference to any local authority by or in respect of which an election is held must be construed as a reference to the relevant council;
f
a reference to voting for, or a vote for, a candidate must be construed as a reference to voting for, or a vote for, an answer;
g
a reference to promoting or procuring the election of a candidate, or furthering a person’s candidature, must be construed as a reference to promoting or procuring a particular result in the business referendum;
h
a reference to the return of a person must be construed as a reference to a particular result in the business referendum;
i
a reference to an elector or a proxy must be construed as a reference to a business vote holder or a named voter;
j
where anything is required to be done in the presence of election, polling, counting or other agents, the reference to the presence of agents is ignored;
k
a reference to anything having been prescribed must be construed as a reference to its being provided for by a provision of subordinate legislation applied by these Regulations;
l
a form which is required to be used may be used with such variations as the circumstances require;
m
a reference to the registration officer, in relation to a district, London borough, the Common Council of the City of London or the Isles of Scilly, is a reference to the business registration officer;
n
any reference to an enactment or instrument made under an enactment must be construed as a reference to that enactment or instrument as applied by these Regulations;
o
so much of any provision as applies to an election petition is ignored;
p
so much of any provision as applies only in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland is ignored.
7
In this regulation—
“business voting register” has the same meaning as in Schedule 6;
“corresponding residential referendum” has the same meaning as in Schedule 7.
2
After Schedule 5 (Combination of Polls) Rules insert new Schedules 6, 7 and 8 as set out in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to these Regulations.