Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 3199
Local Government, England
The Business Improvement Districts (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made
1st December 2014
Laid before Parliament
4th December 2014
Coming into force
27th December 2014
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 42, 55(1) and (2)(e) and 123(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 2003( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Business Improvement Districts (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 27th December 2014.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of the Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004
2. —(1) The Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 6 (ballot holder)—
(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1), insert “Subject to paragraph (1A),”;
(b) after paragraph (1), insert—
“ (1A) Where the relevant billing authority is the Common Council of the City of London—
(a) paragraph (1) shall not apply; and
(b) the ballot holder shall be the town clerk. ” ;
(c) after paragraph (2), insert—
“ (3) In this regulation “town clerk” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 ( 3 ) . ” .
(3) In paragraph 8 of Schedule 5, after “regulation 6(1)” insert “and 6(1A)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Penny Mordaunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
1st December 2014
S.I. 2004/2443 ; Schedule 5 was inserted by S.I. 2013/2265 .
1957 c. x ; section 4 was amended by section 3(2) and (3) of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1968. There are other amendments to section 4, but none are relevant to these Regulations.