Local Government and Rating Act 1997

19 Reviews of parishes by Local Government Commission

(1) In section 13 of the [1992 c. 19.] Local Government Act 1992 (duty of Local Government Commission for England to conduct reviews and make recommendations) after subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) If the Secretary of State so directs, the Local Government Commission shall, in accordance with this Part and any directions given under it—

(a) conduct a review of such areas in England as are specified in the direction or are of a description so specified; and

(b) recommend to the Secretary of State as respects each of those areas either—

(i) that he should make such parish boundary changes or parish electoral changes as are specified in the recommendations; or

(ii) that he should make no such changes.

(1B) Recommendations under subsection (1A) above for parish boundary changes may include recommendations for the related alteration of the boundaries of any electoral division of a county or ward of a district and any consequential alteration in the number of councillors to be elected for the ward.

(1C) For the purposes of subsections (1A) and (1B) above—

(a) a parish boundary change means a boundary change which is the alteration of the area of a parish, the constitution of a new parish or the abolition of a parish; and

(b) a parish electoral change means an electoral change which is a change of the electoral arrangements mentioned in section 14(4)(b) below”.

(2) In section 14 of the Act of 1992 (changes that may be recommended by the Commission), in subsection (5), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(ba) the establishment of a parish council for any new parish which would result from any recommended boundary change and the electoral arrangements (as defined in subsection (4)(b) above) for the council”.