The Parish Councils (Power to Promote Well-being) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes the conditions to be met by a parish council in order for it to be an eligible parish council for the purposes of section 1 of the Local Government Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”). An eligible parish council can exercise the power to promote well-being (“the well-being power”) under section 2 of the 2000 Act. The conditions are prescribed in the Schedule to the Order and relate to—

• the number of councillors elected at ordinary elections;

• the qualifications of the clerk to the parish council;

• the number of councillors who have received training in the exercise of the power to promote well-being; and

• community engagement in relation to the use of that power.

Article 3 provides for a parish council to be an eligible parish council from the time that it resolves that it has met the prescribed conditions until the day before the day of the next annual meeting of the council to be held in an ordinary year of elections.

Article 4 sets out the transitional arrangements which apply where a council ceases to be an eligible parish council.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.