December 1st is the deadline. Some will probably have theirs in before this, so will probably be assessed as they come in rather than waiting until after the deadline.
Sorry, I quoted the wrong post (have corrected) my point was meant in response to why a relegated team is exempt for their first season (back) in the championship.
I suppose an (admittedly poorly thought out) argument would be that the team coming down might not be one of the teams that went up the season before and in such a case would be a club that hadn't voted for and prepared for the championship. i.e. if Sunderland come down, they weren't there to...