PART 7COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS

CHAPTER 1COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY POLLS

I193Demands for community polls

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

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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).