Point in time view as at 01/04/2020.
Local Government Act 1972, Section 27A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)This section sets out the conditions that must be met before an application may be made by a community meeting of a community which does not have a separate council for an order under section 27B establishing a separate council for the community.
(2)The first condition is that the community meeting has taken an effective decision to hold a poll on a proposal to establish a separate council for the community.
(3)For the purposes of the first condition a decision is only effective if not less than—
(a)10% of the local government electors for the community, or
(b)150 of the electors (if 10% of the electors exceeds 150 electors),
are present and voting at the community meeting.
(4)The second condition is that the poll is not held before the end of the period of 42 days beginning with the day on which the decision to hold the poll was taken.
(5)The third condition is that the poll is not held within two years of an earlier poll which resulted in a rejection of a proposal to establish a separate council for the community (that period of two years beginning with the day on which the earlier poll was held).
(6)The fourth condition is that a majority of those voting in the poll support the proposal to establish a separate council for the community.
(7)Paragraph 34 of Schedule 12 to this Act (voting at community meetings) shall have effect subject to the provisions of this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 27A inserted (10.7.2011) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4), ss. 101, 178(2) (with s. 115)
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