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232 Public notices.E+W
(1)Save as otherwise expressly provided, a public notice required to be given by a local authority shall be given—
(a)by posting the notice in some conspicuous place or places within the area of the local authority; and
(b)in such other manner, if any, as appears to the local authority to be desirable for giving publicity to the notice.
[F1(1ZA)A public notice given by a community council must, in addition to the requirements imposed by subsection (1), be published electronically.]
[F2(1A)In subsection (1) above “local authority” includes a joint authority, [F3an economic prosperity board, a combined authority]F4... [F5, a police and crime commissioner and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime] . . . F6. . ..]
(2)This section shall apply to a public notice required to be given by the chairman of a parish meeting as it applies to public notices required to be given by a parish council.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 232(1ZA) inserted (1.5.2015) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), ss. 56, 75(3); S.I. 2015/1182, art. 2(b)
F2S. 232(1A) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 28
F3Words in s. 232(1A) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 119, 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 31; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)
F4Words in s. 232(1A) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 13 para. 6(7)(r); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(g)
F5Words in s. 232(1A) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 113; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 34)
F6Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 232 amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 12(g)
C2S. 232 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I.1991/1773 art. 8(2), Sch. 2
S. 232: certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I.1991/1773, art. 8, Sch. 2
S. 232 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39(2), 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 19(g) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
S. 232 modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 1(e)
S. 232 applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)
S. 232: power to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this section conferred (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4(a)(xiv); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)
S. 232 extended (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 75 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2
C3S. 232 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), art. 21(2)(e)
S. 232 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), art. 21(2)(e)
C4Ss. 224-234 applied (with modifications) (E.) (24.3.2011) by The Hull and Goole Port Health Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/939), arts. 1(1), 7, Sch. 1
C5S. 232 applied (with modifications) (10.7.2011) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4), ss. 119, 178(2) (with s. 120)
C6S. 232 applied (10.7.2011) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4), ss. 116(4), 178(2) (with s. 117)
C7Ss. 228-234 applied (with modifications) (22.11.2012) by The Police and Crime Panels (Application of Local Authority Enactments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2734), regs. 1(1), 3-6, Sch. Pt. 2
C8Ss. 228-234 applied (with modifications) (22.11.2012) by The Police and Crime Panels (Application of Local Authority Enactments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2734), regs. 1(1), 3-6, Sch. Pt. 3
C9S. 232(1A) amended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 1(n)
C10S. 232(1A) modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(n)
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