SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Parishes: further amendments

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(1)

Section 11 (orders for grouping parishes etc) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

after “district council” in each place insert “ or London borough council ”;

(b)

after “same district” insert “ or London borough ”.

(3)

In subsection (3), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

the electoral arrangements that are to apply to the council;”.

(4)

After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)

In this section “electoral arrangements”, in relation to a council, means all of the following—

(a)

the year in which ordinary elections of councillors are to be held;

(b)

the number of councillors to be elected to the council by each parish;

(c)

the division (or not) of any of the parishes, into wards for the purpose of electing councillors;

(d)

the number and boundaries of any such wards;

(e)

the number of councillors to be elected for any such ward;

(f)

the name of any such ward.”

(5)

In subsection (4) after “district council” in each place insert “ or London borough council ”.

(6)

In subsection (5) for “section 16 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997” in each place substitute “ section 86 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 ”.