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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

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(1)This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2)The following expressions have the meanings given—

  • “alternative style” has the same meaning as in sections 9 to 16A of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (see section 17A of that Act);

  • “area under review”, in relation to a community governance review, means however much of the area of a principal council is subject to the review;

  • “community governance petition” has the meaning given by section 80;

  • “community governance review” has the meaning given by section 79;

  • “electoral arrangements”, in relation to a parish council, means all of the following—

    (a)

    the year in which ordinary elections of councillors are to be held;

    (b)

    the number of councillors to be elected to the council, or (in the case of a common council) the number of councillors to be elected to the council by each parish;

    (c)

    the division (or not) of the parish, or (in the case of a common council) any of the parishes, into wards for the purpose of electing councillors;

    (d)

    the number and boundaries of any such wards;

    (e)

    the number of councillors to be elected for any such ward;

    (f)

    the name of any such ward;

  • “local government elector” has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1972 (see section 270);

  • “petition area” means the area to which a community governance petition relates;

  • “principal council” means—

    (a)

    a district council in England,

    (b)

    a county council in England for an area in which there are no district councils, or

    (c)

    a London borough council;

  • “reorganisation order” means an order under section 86;

  • “relevant two-year period”, in relation to receipt of a community governance petition, means the period of two years ending with the day on which the petition is received by the principal council;

  • “specified recommendations”, in relation to a community governance petition, means the recommendations—

    (a)

    specified in the petition, or

    (b)

    treated by section 80 as included in the recommendations specified in the petition;

  • “terms of reference” has the meaning given by section 81.

(3)A principal council “begins” a community governance review when the council publishes the terms of reference of the review.

(4)A principal council “concludes” a community governance review when the council publishes the recommendations made in the review.

(5)A principal council is “in the course of undertaking” a community governance review in the period between—

(a)beginning the review, and

(b)concluding the review.

(6)The terms of reference of a community governance review “allow for a community governance petition to be considered” if the terms of reference of the review are such that—

(a)the area under review includes the whole of the petition area; and

(b)the recommendations to be considered by the review include all of the petition’s specified recommendations.

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