SCHEDULEConditions of eligibility
1
The council has resolved at a meeting of the council and each subsequent relevant annual meeting that it meets the conditions in paragraph 2 below.
2
1
At the time a resolution under paragraph 1 is passed —
a
the number of members of the council that have been declared to be elected3, whether at ordinary elections or at a by-election, is equal to or greater than two-thirds of the total number of members of the council;
b
the clerk to the parish council holds—
i
the Certificate in Local Council Administration;
ii
the Certificate of Higher Education in Local Policy;
iii
the Certificate of Higher Education in Local Council Administration; or
iv
the first level of the foundation degree in Community Engagement and Governance awarded by the University of Gloucestershire or its successor qualifications; and
c
the clerk to the parish council has completed the relevant training, unless such training was required for the purpose of obtaining a qualification of a description mentioned in paragraph (b).
2
For the purposes of this paragraph “relevant training” means training—
a
in the exercise of the general power;
b
provided in accordance with the national training strategy for parish councils adopted by the National Association of Local Councils, as revised from time to time.