PART 7COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS

CHAPTER 1COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY POLLS

I188Convening of community meetings by local government electors

1

Paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 is amended as follows—

a

for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

1

Where there is a community council for a community, a community meeting may be convened at any time by the chairman of the council or by any two councillors representing the community on the council.

b

in sub-paragraph (2), for “any community meeting” substitute “ a community meeting convened under sub-paragraph (1) above ”;

c

in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), for “a community meeting” substitute “ a community meeting convened under sub-paragraph (1) above ”;

d

in sub-paragraph (3), for “any of the matters mentioned in section 29B(4) of this Act” substitute “ the existence of the community council or the grouping of the community with other communities ”;

e

at the end of the paragraph insert—

5

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above, business relates to the existence of the community council or the grouping of the community with other communities if it relates to any function of a community meeting under sections 27A to 27L of this Act.

2

After paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 insert the following—

30A

A community meeting may also be convened at any time by not less than—

a

10% of the local government electors for the community, or

b

50 of the electors (if 10% of the electors exceeds 50 electors).