http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/965/article/3/madeThe Parish Councils (General Power of Competence) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2012Local governmentParish councilsCouncilsFirst degrees and coursesParish councillorsenKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2016-11-02LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND 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 8(2) of the Localism Act 2011 (“2011 Act”). An eligible parish council is a local authority for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the 2011 Act and so has a general power of competence in accordance with section 1 of that Act. The Parish Councils (General Power of Competence) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2012 3 1 This article applies to a parish council in the circumstances described in paragraph (2). 2 The circumstances are that— a the parish council has passed a resolution under paragraph 1 of the Schedule; and b at the next relevant annual meeting to be held after the meeting at which that resolution is passed, the parish council does not pass another resolution under that paragraph. 3 The council shall continue to be an eligible parish council for the purpose of completing any activity— a undertaken in the exercise of the general power, but b not completed before the day of the meeting referred to in paragraph (2)(b).