PART 7

COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS
CHAPTER 1

COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY POLLS

Convening of community meetings by local government electors
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Paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 is amended as follows—
a
for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
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Where there is a community council for a community, a community meeting may be convened at any time by the chairman of the council or by any two councillors representing the community on the council.
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b
in sub-paragraph (2), for “any community meeting” substitute “a community meeting convened under sub-paragraph (1) above”;
c
in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), for “a community meeting” substitute “a community meeting convened under sub-paragraph (1) above”;
d
in sub-paragraph (3), for “any of the matters mentioned in section 29B(4) of this Act” substitute “the existence of the community council or the grouping of the community with other communities”;
e
at the end of the paragraph insert—
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For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above, business relates to the existence of the community council or the grouping of the community with other communities if it relates to any function of a community meeting under sections 27A to 27L of this Act.
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After paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 insert the following—
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A community meeting may also be convened at any time by not less than—
a
10% of the local government electors for the community, or
b
50 of the electors (if 10% of the electors exceeds 50 electors).
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