PART 7

COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS
CHAPTER 1

COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY POLLS

Notice to be given by returning officer following taking of a poll consequent on a community meeting
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After paragraph 38 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 insert the following—
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1
This paragraph applies to a poll (other than a poll to which sub-paragraph (2) below refers) consequent on a community meeting where a majority of those voting were in favour of the question in relation to which the poll was taken.
2
This paragraph does not apply to a poll taken on a question of a type specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.
3
The returning officer in relation to the poll must give notice in writing to the monitoring officer (within the meaning of section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989) of the relevant principal council of—
a
the question posed by the poll, and
b
the fact that that a majority of those voting were in favour of that question.
4
In sub-paragraph (3) above, “relevant principal council” means the principal council in whose area lies the community of the community meeting at which the poll was demanded.
5
The power of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations under sub-paragraph (2) above is exercisable by statutory instrument.
6
A statutory instrument which contains regulations under sub-paragraph (2) above is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
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