The Legislative Reform (Community Governance Reviews) Order 2015

Consequential amendments

9.—(1) Section 102 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)—

(a) insert in the appropriate places–

““application area” means the area to which a community governance application relates;”, and

““community governance application” has the meaning given by section 80A”,

(b) for the definition of “relevant two-year period” substitute–

““relevant two-year period”, in relation to receipt of a community governance petition or community governance application, means the period of two years ending with the day on which the petition or application is received by the principal council;”, and

(c) for the definition of “specified recommendations” substitute–

““specified recommendations”, in relation to a community governance petition or community governance application, means the recommendations—

(a)

specified in the petition or application, or

(b)

treated by section 80 as included in the recommendations specified in the petition or treated by section 80A as included in the recommendations specified in the application;”.

(3) For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6) The terms of reference of a community governance review “allow for a community governance petition or community governance application 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 or application area; and

(b) the recommendations to be considered by the review include all of the petition’s or application’s specified recommendations.”.