The billing authority must make arrangements to hold a referendum in relation to the authority's relevant basic amount of council tax for the financial year in accordance with this section.
Subject as follows, the referendum is to be held on a date decided by the billing authority.
That date must be not later than—
An order under subsection (3) above must be made not later than—
The persons entitled to vote in the referendum are those who, on the day of the referendum—
As soon as is reasonably practicable after determining that it is required to hold a referendum in relation to its relevant basic amount of council tax for the financial year, the billing authority must notify that fact in writing to any body that has issued a levy or a special levy to it for the financial year.
In this section—
"electoral area" means—
(a)where the billing authority is a district council, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London, a ward;
(b)where the billing authority is a county council, an electoral division;
(c)where the billing authority is 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.