(1)A principal local authority must provide a facility for making petitions in electronic form to the authority.
(2)A principal local authority must give reasons for not granting a request to use the facility provided by it under this section for the making of a petition.
(3)In this Chapter, “principal local authority” means—
(a)a county council in England;
(b)a district council in England;
(c)a London borough council;
(d)the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
(e)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(f)a county or county borough council in Wales.
(4)In this Chapter, “e-petition facility” means a facility provided under this section.