# Local Government Act 1972, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

(1) A principal council shall in every year hold an annual meeting.
(2) The annual meeting of a principal council . . . shall be held—
(a) in a year of ordinary elections of councillors to the council, on the eighth day after the day of retirement of councillors or such other day within the twenty-one days immediately following the day of retirement as the council may fix;
(aa) in a year of an election for the return of an elected mayor to the council, which is not a year of ordinary elections of councillors to the council, on the eighth day after the day of retirement of an elected mayor or such other day within the twenty-one days immediately following the day of retirement as the council may fix;
(b) in any other year, on such day in the month of March, April or May as the council may fix.
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(4) An annual meeting of a principal council shall be held at such hour as the council may fix, or if no hour is so fixed at twelve noon.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/12/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-12/paragraph-1
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