{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-business-improvement-districts-property-owners-england-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-business-improvement-districts-property-owners-england-regulations-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111122006",
  "legislation_title": "The Business Improvement Districts (Property Owners) (England) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-business-improvement-districts-property-owners-england-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Procedure on issue of ballot paper",
  "text": "(1) One ballot paper shall be issued in respect of each person entitled to vote in the BRS-BID ballot, renewal ballot, alteration ballot or re-ballot, as the case may be, in respect of each hereditament for which he is entitled to vote.\n(2) The address to which the ballot paper is to be sent is—\n(a) the address of the hereditament or the principal place of business of the person entitled to vote; or\n(b) in the case of a proxy, the address shown for the proxy on the list prepared under paragraph 3(b).\n(3) At the same time there shall be issued to each person entitled to vote or, if applicable, that person’s proxy—\n(a) a statement prepared by the ballot holder providing an explanation of the BRS-BID arrangements, or, in the case of an alteration ballot, an explanation of the proposed alterations, and the arrangements for the ballot; and\n(b) an envelope for the return of the ballot paper (referred to in this Schedule as the “return envelope”).\n(4) For the purpose of delivering the ballot papers the ballot holder may use a postal operator within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011.\n(5) Postage shall be prepaid on envelopes in which the ballot paper is issued and return postage shall be prepaid on all return envelopes.\n(6) No person other than the ballot holder and his clerks may be present at the issue of ballot papers, unless permitted by the ballot holder to attend.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2011 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122006/schedule/2/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:12:00.335696+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."
}