{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014/section-42",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/2",
  "legislation_title": "Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Parish meetings: parish polls",
  "text": "(1) In Part 3 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 (procedure in parish meetings), paragraph 18 is amended as follows.\n(2) Omit sub-paragraphs (4) to (6).\n(3) At the end insert—\n“(7) A poll may be demanded before the conclusion of a parish meeting on any question arising at the meeting, subject to regulations made under sub-paragraph (8).\n(8) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about polls consequent on parish meetings, in particular about—\n(a) the questions arising at a meeting on which a poll may be demanded,\n(b) the circumstances in which a poll may or must be taken (including provision as to the number of local government electors who must demand a poll for a poll to be taken), and\n(c) the conduct of a poll.\n(9) Regulations under sub-paragraph (8)(c) may apply any electoral enactment (with or without modifications) to polls consequent on parish meetings.\n(10) In sub-paragraph (9) “electoral enactment” means an enactment which relates to elections or referendums.\n(11) A statutory instrument containing regulations under sub-paragraph (8) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”\n(4) In section 243 of that Act (computation of time and timing of elections, etc)—\n(a) in subsection (2) for “rules under paragraph 18 or” substitute “ regulations under paragraph 18 or rules under paragraph 34 ”,\n(b) in subsection (4) before “rules” (in both places it occurs) insert “ regulations or ”, and\n(c) in subsection (5) before “rules” (in both places it occurs) insert “ regulations or ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:55.780103+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}