# The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012, Paragraph 7: Initial steps


(1) The business registration officer must publish and make available—
(a) in such a manner as the business registration officer considers necessary to bring it to the attention of business vote holders in the referendum area,
(b) no earlier than the date on which the information statement and specified documents are published under regulation 4, and
(c) no later than 56 days before the date of the business referendum,
such information as the business registration officer considers appropriate as to—
(i) who can vote in the business referendum;
(ii) how business vote holders can register on the business voting register; and
(iii) how they can vote in the business referendum.
(2) The information required to be published by sub-paragraph (1) must, so far as practicable, be published in the same manner, and in the same place or places, as the information statement published under regulation 4 in relation to the business referendum.
(3) In addition to the requirements of sub-paragraph (1) the business registration officer may take such other steps as the officer considers appropriate to identify business vote holders in the referendum area and to inform them—
(a) that they may be entitled to vote in the business referendum;
(b) of how they can register on the business voting register; and
(c) of how they can vote in the business referendum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2031/schedule/6/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-referendums-regulations-2012/schedule-6/paragraph-7
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