A billing authority that is notified under section 52ZK or 52ZM above must make arrangements to hold a referendum in relation to the precepting authority's relevant basic amount of council tax for the financial year in accordance with this section.
Where the referendum is one of two or more referendums required to be held in respect of the same calculation, it is to be held on—
Otherwise the referendum is to be held on a date decided by the billing authority; but this is subject to subsection (4) below.
That date must be not later than—
An order under subsection (2) or (4) above must be made not later than—
The persons entitled to vote in the referendum are those who, on the day of the referendum—
Subject to subsection (8) below, the billing authority may recover from the precepting authority the expenses that are incurred by the billing authority in connection with the referendum.
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for cases in which—
In this section—
"electoral area" means—
(a)in relation to a district council, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London, a ward;
(b)in relation to a county council, an electoral division;
(c)in relation to the Council of the Isles of Scilly, a parish;
"register of local government electors" means the register of local government electors kept in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Acts.
This section is subject to regulations under section 52ZQ below.