Part 1Democracy and involvement

Chapter 2Petitions to local authorities

Electronic petitions

10Electronic petitions

1

A principal local authority must provide a facility for making petitions in electronic form to the authority.

2

A principal local authority must give reasons for not granting a request to use the facility provided by it under this section for the making of a petition.

3

In this Chapter, “principal local authority” means—

a

a county council in England;

b

a district council in England;

c

a London borough council;

d

the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;

e

the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

f

a county or county borough council in Wales.

4

In this Chapter, “e-petition facility” means a facility provided under this section.