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These Regulations may be cited as the Business Improvement Districts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st January 2009.
2 
In regulation 5(2)(a) (BID proposals, renewal proposals, alteration proposals and preliminary procedures) of the Business Improvement Districts (Scotland) Regulations 2007, after “send to” insert “the Scottish Ministers,”.
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(1) Schedule 2 (rules for bid ballots, renewal ballots and alteration ballots) to those Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) In the table in paragraph 1, omit the entry commencing “The BID proposer gives notice” and the corresponding entry in the “Time” column.
(3) In paragraph 10(2) renumber sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) as (a) and (b) respectively.
(4) In paragraph 11(2)–
(a) omit “later than the date that is 3 working days”; and
(b) omit “he”.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th November 2008