Part 4Parishes
Chapter 3Reorganisation
Key terms used
80Community governance petitions
(1)
A community governance petition is a petition for a community governance review to be undertaken.
(2)
A petition is not a valid community governance petition unless the conditions in subsections (3) to (6) are met (so far as they are applicable).
(3)
The petition must be signed as follows—
(a)
if the petition area has fewer than 500 local government electors, the petition must be signed by at least F137.5% of the electors;
(b)
if the petition area has between 500 and 2,500 local government electors, the petition must be signed by at least F2187 of the electors;
(c)
if the petition area has more than 2,500 local government electors, the petition must be signed by at least F37.5% of the electors.
(4)
The petition must—
(a)
define the area to which the review is to relate (whether on a map or otherwise), and
(b)
specify one or more recommendations which the petitioners wish a community governance review to consider making.
(5)
If the specified recommendations include the constitution of a new parish, the petition must define the area of the new parish (whether on a map or otherwise).
(6)
If the specified recommendations include the alteration of the area of an existing parish, the petition must define the area of the parish as it would be after alteration (whether on a map or otherwise).
(7)
If the specified recommendations include the constitution of a new parish, the petition is to be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as if the specified recommendations also include the recommendations in section 87(5) to (7).
(8)
If the specified recommendations include the establishment of a parish council or parish meeting for an area which does not exist as a parish, the petition is to be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as if the specified recommendations also include recommendations for such a parish to come into being (either by constitution of a new parish or alteration of the area of an existing parish).