E1 Part II Local Government Areas and Authorities in Wales

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Extent Information
E1

Part II (ss. 20-38) extends to Wales only: see s. 38

Communities

F133 Constitution and powers of community councils.

1

A community council shall be a body corporate consisting of the chairman and community councillors and shall have the functions given to them by this Act or otherwise.

2

Each community council shall have the name of the community, with the addition—

a

in English, of the words “Community Council” (as in “Dale Community Council” or “Llandrillo Community Council”); and

b

in Welsh, of the words “Cyngor Cymuned” (as in “Cyngor Cymuned Dale” or “Cyngor Cymuned Llandrillo”).

3

A community council need not have a common seal.

4

Where a community council do not have a seal, any act of theirs which is required to be signified by an instrument under seal may be signified by an instrument signed and sealed by two members of the council.