38.—(1) The results of a poll to establish the opinions about a Town Council’s proposal to carry out lift upgrading works in a building shall be ascertained in accordance with the formula
where A
is the total voting value in votes cast at the poll by the registered owners of beneficiary flats in the building in favour of the proposal to carry out those lift upgrading works; and
B
is the total voting value in votes of all registered owners of beneficiary flats in the building who are entitled to vote at that poll.
(2) For the purposes of determining the total voting value in votes of all registered owners of beneficiary flats within a building, the voting value of the vote of the senior owner among the joint registered owners of a flat who are entitled to vote in any poll shall be counted to the exclusion of the other joint owners.