C1C2Part 4Business improvement districts

Annotations:

Procedure

I1I251Power of veto

1

This section applies where BID proposals are approved by a ballot held for the purposes of section 49(1).

2

The billing authority to which the proposals relate may, in prescribed circumstances, veto the proposals within such period from the date of the ballot as may be prescribed.

3

In deciding whether to exercise the veto, a billing authority is to have regard to such matters as may be prescribed.

C34

If a billing authority vetoes BID proposals, it must give notice of the exercise of the veto to the persons entitled to vote in the ballot.

C35

The notice—

a

must set out the reasons for the exercise of the veto, and

b

must give details of the right of appeal under section 52.

C36

A copy of the notice must be sent to the Secretary of State.