Part IV Community Councils
53 Amendment of schemes.
(1)
Having regard to changing circumstances and to any representations made to them, every local authority shall from time to time review schemes made and approved under section 52 of this Act and, where they consider that such a scheme ought to be amended, they shall give public notice of their proposals, inviting any community council concerned and the public to make to the local authority representations as respects the proposals.
F1(2)
The local authority shall consider any representations made under subsection (1) above and may amend the scheme in accordance with—
(a)
the notified proposals; or
(b)
those proposals as amended to take account of any such representations:
Provided that the scheme shall not be amended under paragraph (b) of this subsection unless public notice of the amendments to the proposals has been given with a further invitation to make representations under subsection (1) above.
(3)
A decision of the local authority—
(a)
to review, under subsection (1) above; or
(b)
to amend, under subsection (2) above,
a scheme, shall be by resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the members voting thereon at a local authority meeting specially convened for the purpose with notice of the object.
F2(4)
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