Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

22 Interpretation

(1) In this Chapter—

• “active petition” has the meaning given by section 14(1);

• “appropriate national authority” means—

  (a)

  the Secretary of State, in relation to a principal local authority or other authority in England;

  (b)

  the Welsh Ministers, in relation to a principal local authority or other authority in Wales;

• “e-petition facility” has the meaning given by section 10(4);

• “executive arrangements” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22);

• “non-unitary district council” means a district council for an area which is part of the area of a county council;

• “overview and scrutiny committee”, in relation to a principal local authority operating executive arrangements, means a committee appointed by the authority under section 21 of the Local Government Act 2000;

• “petition organiser”, in relation to a petition made to a principal local authority, means—

  (a)

  the person designated in the petition as the person with whom the authority may deal in relation to the petition, or

  (b)

  such other person as agrees with the authority to be the person with whom the authority may deal in relation to the petition;

• “petition scheme” has the meaning given by section 11(2);

• “principal local authority” has the meaning given by section 10(3).

(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, the date on which a petition using a principal local authority’s e-petition facility is made to the authority is such date after the petition is first opened for signature as may be—

(a) determined by the petition organiser, or

(b) in the absence of such determination, specified in the scheme.