# The Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 7


In regulation 5 (instructions to hold a ballot)—
(a) for “the relevant billing authority” in each place substitute “the lead authority”;
(b) in paragraph (1)(b)—
(i) for “a local authority BID body is” substitute “one or more local authority BID bodies are”; and
(ii) after “as the case may be” insert “, and all of the other relevant billing authorities agree that a ballot should be held;”;
(c) in paragraph (1)(d) at the end insert “(whether alone or jointly with one or more other billing authorities) and any other relevant billing authority involved in drawing up the proposals has agreed that a ballot should be held;”; and
(d) after paragraph (2) insert—
“(3) Where the lead authority instructs the ballot holder to hold a BID ballot, a renewal ballot, an alteration ballot or re-ballot, as the case may be, it must send a copy of those instructions to all the other relevant billing authorities for the BID.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2443/schedule/5/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/business-improvement-districts-england-regulations-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-7
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