E1 Part I Local Government Areas and Authorities in England
Parishes
12AF2Parishes: alternative styles
1
This section applies to a parish which is not grouped with any other parish.
2
The appropriate parish authority may resolve that the parish shall have one of the alternative styles.
3
If the parish has an alternative style, the appropriate parish authority may resolve that the parish shall cease to have that style.
4
A single resolution may provide for a parish—
a
to cease to have an alternative style, and
b
to have another of the alternative styles instead.
5
As soon as practicable after passing a resolution under this section, the appropriate parish authority must give notice of the change of style to all of the following—
a
the Secretary of State;
b
the F1Local Government Boundary Commission for England;
c
the Office of National Statistics;
d
the Director General of the Ordnance Survey;
e
any district council, county council or London borough council within whose area the parish lies.
6
In this section “appropriate parish authority” means—
a
the parish council, or
b
if the parish does not have a parish council, the parish meeting.
Part I (ss. 1-19) extends to England only: see s. 19