Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

Principal council’s petition scheme

42 Duty to make petition scheme

(1) A principal council must make and publish a scheme (a “petition scheme”) setting out how the council intends to handle and respond to petitions (including electronic petitions).

(2) A petition scheme must, in particular, set out—

(a) how a petition may be submitted to the council;

(b) how and by when the council will acknowledge receipt of a petition;

(c) the steps the council may take in response to a petition received by it;

(d) the circumstances (if any) in which the council may take no further action in response to a petition;

(e) how and by when the council will make available its response to a petition to the person who submitted the petition and to the public.

(3) A principal council must review its petition scheme from time to time and, if the council considers it appropriate, revise the scheme.

(4) If a principal council revises or replaces a petition scheme, it must publish the revised or new scheme.