After paragraph 30D of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 insert the following—
“30E(1)The public notice required by paragraph 30D(2) above must be given within a period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the council became of the opinion described in that paragraph.
(2)Except in a case falling within sub-paragraph (3) below, the public notice must be given not less than seven clear days before the community meeting.
(3)Where any business proposed to be transacted at the meeting relates to the existence of the community council or the grouping of the community with other communities, the public notice must be given not less than 30 clear days before the meeting.
(4)The public notice must—
(a)specify the time and place of the intended meeting;
(b)specify the business to be transacted at the meeting;
(c)be signed by the proper officer.
(5)In specifying a time and place for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(a) above, the council must take into account the proposed time and place contained in the notice given to the council under paragraph 30B(2)(d) above.
(6)The business specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(b) above must be the same as that contained in the notice given to the council under paragraph 30B(2)(c) above.
(7)Public notice of a community meeting shall be given—
(a)by posting a notice of the meeting in some conspicuous place or places in the community,
(b)in such other manner, if any, as appears to the council to be desirable for giving publicity to the meeting.
(8)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.”.