Procedure
6Entitlement to vote in ballot
1
Entitlement to vote in a ballot held for the purposes of section 5(1) is to be determined in accordance with this section.
2
When submitting BID proposals to the district council, those who have drawn up the proposals are also to submit a statement as to which eligible ratepayers are to be entitled to vote in the ballot.
3
In this Act “eligible ratepayer” means a person who on the prescribed date occupies or is entitled to possession of relevant property, whether or not rates are payable by that person in respect of it.
4
In this section and in section 12 “relevant property” means a hereditament which is—
a
within the business improvement district; and
b
included in the NAV list.
5
In this section and in section 7 “NAV list” has the same meaning as in the Rates Order.