Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Parish Councils (General Power of Competence) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

In this Order—

• “annual meeting” means a meeting of a parish council held in pursuance of paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972;

• “relevant annual meeting” means an annual meeting that takes place in a year of ordinary elections of parish councillors^f1.