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Local Government Act 1972

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Version Superseded: 19/05/1997

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9 Parish meetings and councils. E

(1)For every parish there shall be a parish meeting for the purpose of discussing parish affairs and exercising any functions conferred on such meetings by any enactment and, subject to the provisions of this Act or any instrument made thereunder, for every parish or group of parishes having a parish council before 1st April 1974 there shall continue to be a parish council.

(2)If a parish has not a parish council (whether separate or common) the district council shall, and if a parish is grouped under a common parish council the district council may, by order establish a separate parish council for that parish—

(a)if the population includes 200 or more local government electors; or

(b)if in the case of a parish the population of which includes more than 150 but less than 200 local government electors, the parish meeting of the parish so resolve.

(3)If a parish has a population which includes not more than 150 local government electors, the district council may by order establish a separate parish council for that parish if the parish meeting so resolve.

(4)Subject to any order under [F1section 10 or 11 below or Part II of the Local Government Act 1992], there shall be a separate parish council for—

(a)every parish which immediately before the passing of this Act was a borough included in a rural district;

(b)every parish which immediately before the passing of this Act was co-extensive with a rural district;

(c)every parish established by paragraph 1 of Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Act;

(d)every parish to which part of another parish is added by paragraph 2 of the said Part IV and which immediately before the passing of this Act had no parish council; and

(e)every parish constituted under Part V of Schedule 1 to this Act.

(5)An order establishing a separate parish council for a parish shall make such provision as appears to the district council to be necessary for the election of a parish council in accordance with this Act and Part I of the [F2Representation of the People Act 1983].

(6)An order shall not be made under this section establishing a separate parish council for a parish grouped under a common parish council unless by that order or an order under section 11(4) below the parish is separated from the group or the group is dissolved, and where the group is not dissolved, the order under this section shall make such provision as appears to the district council to be necessary for the alteration of the parish council of the group.

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