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).