Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28)

Part 4 Parishes

Chapter 3 Reorganisation

Miscellaneous

102 Interpretation

(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.