Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6 inserted (6.4.2013) by The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/798), regs. 1, 7, Sch. 1
15.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) and the procedures in Parts 5 to 8, the business registration officer must compile a register showing, in respect of each business vote holder from whom both registration response forms (completed in accordance with paragraphs 11(3) and 11(4) above) are received—
(a)the full name of the business vote holder;
(b)the full name of the named voter;
(c)the address of the business vote holder’s hereditament or, if applicable, hereditaments, in the referendum area;
(d)where paragraph 8(3) applies, the billing address of the business vote holder; and
(e)a number (with or without letters) allocated by the business registration officer to that business vote holder for the purposes of the business referendum.
(2) Where, in respect of any application to be registered—
(a)the business registration officer is not satisfied that the business vote holder is entitled to be registered, or
(b)the business registration officer is not satisfied that a named voter meets the requirements in paragraph 6(3) and (4),
the business registration officer must send to the business vote holder (and additionally, in a case mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), the named voter) a notice which—
(i)states the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), the grounds for that opinion,
(ii)requires such further information (if any) as is specified in the notice or requires the named voter to make a declaration under paragraph 12(1) or both, or
(iii)states the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), that the business registration officer intends to conduct a hearing, and the time and place at which that hearing is to take place.
(3) Where a business vote holder receives a notice of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(i), and requests a hearing for the purposes of contesting the opinions expressed by the business registration officer in that notice, the business registration officer must hold such a hearing.
(4) Where a business vote holder who is sent a notice of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(i) does not, within five days beginning with the date of that notice, notify the business registration officer that the business vote holder requires a hearing to be held, the business registration officer may determine without a hearing that the business vote holder may not be included on the business voting register.
(5) Where a notice of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(ii) is sent and no response is received to the business registration officer’s satisfaction, or at all, within seven days beginning with the date of that notice, the business registration officer may send to the business vote holder a notice of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(i).
(6) In making a determination under sub-paragraph (4), the business registration officer must take into account any written representations made to the business registration officer by the business vote holder or the named voter and may take into account the written representations of any other person who appears to the business registration officer to be interested.]