Regulation 7 Ballot holder

(1)

The person who holds a BRS-BID ballot, renewal ballot, alteration ballot or re-ballot (“the ballot holder”) shall be the person the relevant billing authority has appointed under section 35 of the Representation of the People Act 1983^f1 as the returning officer for elections to that authority.

(2)

The ballot holder may appoint one or more persons to discharge all or any of the ballot holder’s functions under these Regulations.

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Footnotes

f1: 1983 c. 2. Relevant amendments were made by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51 ), sections 18, 19, and 102 and Schedules 9, 16 and 17; by the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40), section 237 and Schedule 13; and by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), section 17 and Schedule 3.