PART 2Petitions and Referendums
Post-announcement petitions7
1
In relation to a petition received after an authority have given notice of their intention to hold a referendum and of the date on which that referendum will be held (whether pursuant to this Part, or section 9M (cases in which change subject to approval in a referendum)), nothing in this Part shall require an authority to hold a referendum or to take any steps other than those specified in paragraph (2) and regulation 12.
2
The steps specified in this paragraph are to secure that the proper officer, as soon as reasonably practicable after the receipt of the petition notifies the petition organiser (if any)—
a
of the receipt of the petition;
b
that the petition is a post-announcement petition; and
c
that the authority propose to take no further action in relation to it.