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10(1)Meetings of a parish council shall be held at such place, either within or without their area, as they may direct, but shall not be held in [F1premises which at the time of such a meeting may, by virtue of a premises licence or temporary event notice under the Licensing Act 2003, be used for the supply of alcohol (within the meaning of section 14 of that Act)] unless no other suitable room is available either free of charge or at a reasonable cost.E+W
(2)Three clear days at least before a meeting of a parish council—
(a)notice of the time and place of the intended meeting shall be fixed in some conspicuous place in the parish and, where the meeting is called by members of the council, the notice shall be signed by those members and shall specify the business proposed to be transacted at the meeting; and
[F2(b)a summons to attend the meeting, specifying the business proposed to be transacted at the meeting and certified by the proper officer of the council, shall be sent to every member of the council by an appropriate method.]
[F3(2A)In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)“authenticated” means signed or otherwise authenticated in such manner as the proper officer thinks fit; and
(b)the reference to sending the summons to a member by an appropriate method is to—
(i)leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the member’s usual place of residence, or
(ii)where the member has given consent for the summons to be transmitted in electronic form to a particular electronic address (and consent has not been withdrawn), sending it in electronic form to that address.]
(3)Want of service of any such summons as is referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) above on any member of the parish council concerned shall not affect the validity of the meeting.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 12 para. 10(1) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), ss. 198, 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 61(2)(a) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)
F2Sch. 12 para. 10(2)(b) substituted (30.1.2015) by The Local Government (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/5), arts. 1(1), 2(4)(a)
F3Sch. 12 para. 10(2A) inserted (30.1.2015) by The Local Government (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/5), arts. 1(1), 2(4)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 12 para. 10 applied (4.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/263, reg. 8(5)
C2Sch. 12 para. 10 applied (1.4.2009) by The Charter Trustees Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/467), regs. 8(5), 9(3)
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