SCHEDULE 12 Meetings and Proceedings of Local Authorities
Part I Principal Councils
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(1)
A principal council shall in every year hold an annual meeting.
(2)
The annual meeting of a principal council F1. . . shall be held—
(a)
in a year of ordinary elections of councillors to the council, on the eighth day after the day of retirement of councillors or such other day within the twenty-one days immediately following the day of retirement as the council may fix;
F2(aa)
in a year of an election for the return of an elected mayor to the council, which is not a year of ordinary elections of councillors to the council, on the eighth day after the day of retirement of an elected mayor or such other day within the twenty-one days immediately following the day of retirement as the council may fix;
(b)
in any other year, on such day in the month of March, April or May as the council may fix.
F3(3)
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(4)
An annual meeting of a principal council shall be held at such hour as the council may fix, or if no hour is so fixed at twelve noon.