Procedure

Entitlement to vote in ballot

6.—(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.