# The Business Improvement Districts (Scotland) Regulations 2007, Regulation 14: Veto of BID proposals


(1) For the purposes of section 42(2) of the 2006 Act, the prescribed period is 70 days prior to the day of the ballot.
(2) For the purposes of section 42(4) of the 2006 Act, the prescribed matters to which the local authority shall have regard in deciding whether to exercise its veto are–
(a) the level of support (as evidenced by the result of the BID ballot or re ballot, as the case may be) for the BID proposals, where this information is available;
(b) the nature and extent of the conflicts mentioned in section 42(4) of the 2006 Act;
(c) in relation to section 42(4)(c) of the 2006 Act, the structure of the proposed BID levy and how the financial burden of the business improvement district is to be distributed amongst ratepayers and the other eligible persons in the geographical area of the business improvement district;
(d) in relation to section 42(4)(c) of the 2006 Act, how the financial burden of the business improvement district may have been disproportionately distributed among ratepayers and the other eligible persons as a result of the selection of the geographic area or areas of the business improvement district;
(e) the extent to which the BID proposer discussed the BID proposals with the authority before submitting the BID proposals to the authority under regulation 5; and
(f) the cost incurred by any person in developing the BID proposals and canvassing in relation to the BID proposals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/202/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/business-improvement-districts-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-14
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