PART 7

COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS
CHAPTER 2

ORGANISATION OF COMMUNITIES AND THEIR COUNCILS

Orders dissolving a group of communities
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After section 27I of the Local Government Act 1972 insert the following—

Orders dissolving a group of communities
27J
1
This section applies where the council for a group of communities applies to the principal council within whose area the communities lie for an order dissolving the group.
2
The principal council must consider whether is it satisfied that—
a
the conditions in section 27I are met; and
b
any relevant requirements of Schedule 12 have been met.
3
If the council is so satisfied, the council must make the order applied for (but this is subject to subsection (4)).
4
The order shall make such provision as appears to the principal council to be necessary for the election of a community council for any of the communities in the group in accordance with this Act and Part I of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
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