{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-conduct-of-referendums-england-regulations-2007/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-conduct-of-referendums-england-regulations-2007/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110770642",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-conduct-of-referendums-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Non-domestic rating: premises used for referendum purposes",
  "text": "In relation to premises in a voting area, section 65(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (occupation for election meetings and polls) has effect as if—\n(a) the reference to public meetings in furtherance of a person’s candidature at an election included a reference to public meetings promoting a particular result in the referendum, and\n(b) the reference to the use by a returning officer for the purpose of taking the poll in an election included a reference to the use for the purpose of taking the poll in the referendum—\n(i) by a person exercising functions of a counting officer in accordance with regulation 9, or\n(ii) by a relevant returning or counting officer within the meaning of rule 2(1) of the Local Government Act Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 41; there are no relevant amendments."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110770642/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:18:05.033649+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."
}