Part 9

Business improvement districts

Miscellaneous

Regulations about ballots
46
1
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations made by statutory instrument make provision in relation to ballots.
2
The provision which may be made by regulations under this section includes provision—
a
as to the timing of ballots,
b
as to the persons entitled to vote in a ballot held for the purposes of section 45(2),
c
as to the question to be asked in a ballot,
d
as to the allocation of votes to those persons entitled to vote in a ballot,
e
as to the form that ballots may take,
f
as to the persons who are to hold ballots,
g
as to the conduct of ballots,
h
conferring power on the Scottish Ministers to declare ballots void in cases of material irregularity,
i
for or in connection with enabling a local authority to recover the costs of a ballot from such persons and in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
3
Nothing in subsection (2) is to be taken as limiting the power conferred by subsection (1).
4
In this section (except in subsection (2)(b)) “ballot” means a ballot held for the purposes of section 38(1) or 45(2).