{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-rate-supplements-act-2009/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-rate-supplements-act-2009/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/7",
  "legislation_title": "Business Rate Supplements Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-rate-supplements-act-2009",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Holding of ballot",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The proposition to be voted on in a ballot on the imposition of a BRS is—\n“The [insert name of levying authority] proposes to introduce a business rate supplement. The proposal is set out in [insert title of prospectus]. Should the proposed business rate supplement be introduced?”\n(4) A person is eligible to vote in a ballot on the imposition of a BRS if the person is within section 6(2), (3) or (4).\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(2) repealed (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss., 68(3), 240(3)(c), Sch. 25 Pt. 9 (with s. 68(7)); S.I. 2012/57, arts. 3(a)(c), 4(1)(ee)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(5) repealed (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss., 68(3), 240(3)(c), Sch. 25 Pt. 9 (with s. 68(7)); S.I. 2012/57, arts. 3(a)(c), 4(1)(ee)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 19.8.2009 for E. by S.I. 2009/2202, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/7/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:12.712152+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}