PART 7 COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS

CHAPTER 1 COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY POLLS

93 Demands for community polls

For sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 34 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 substitute the following—

“(4) A poll may be demanded before the conclusion of a community meeting on any question arising at the meeting; but no poll shall be taken unless—

(a) the poll is demanded by a majority of the local government electors present at the meeting, and

(b) the electors demanding a poll constitute not less than—

(i) 10% of the local government electors for the community, or

(ii) 150 of the electors (if 10% of the electors exceeds 150 electors).”.