Extent Information
E1Part II (ss. 20-38) extends to Wales only: see s. 38
(1)A community council shall consist of the chairman and community councillors and shall have all such functions as are vested in the council by this Act or otherwise.
(2)The community council shall be a body corporate [F1and, subject to subsection (2A) below, shall be known] by the name “The Community Council” with the addition of the name of the particular community.
[F2(2A)If and so long as this subsection is in force in relation to a community council, subsection (2) above shall have effect in relation to that council as if for the words “The Community Council” there were substituted “Cyngor Cymuned”
(2B)Subsection (2A) above shall come into force in relation to a community council three months after the day on which, at a specially convened meeting of the council, it is resolved by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting that the Welsh language form of the council’s description shall be used; and that subsection shall cease to be in force in relation to a community council three months after the day on which, at a specially convened meeting of the council, it is resolved by a similar majority that the Welsh language form of the council’s description shall cease to be used.]
(3)Notwithstanding anything in any rule of law, a community council need not have a common seal, but where a community council have no seal any act of theirs which is required to be signified by an instrument under seal may be signified by an instrument signed and sealed by two members of the council.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted as provided by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 160, Sch. 8 para. 3(1)