Paragraph 15

(1)

A parish meeting may be convened by—

(a)

the chairman of the parish council, or

(b)

any two parish councillors for the parish, or

(c)

where there is no parish council, the chairman of the parish meeting or any person representing the parish on the district council, or

(d)

any six local government electors for the parish.

(2)

Not less than seven clear days, or, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (3) below, not less than fourteen clear days, before a parish meeting, public notice of the meeting shall be given, specifying the time and place of the intended meeting and the business to be transacted at the meeting, and signed by the person or persons convening the meeting.

(3)

The fourteen-day period of notice specified in sub-paragraph (2) above is applicable if any business proposed to be transacted at a parish meeting relates to—

(a)

the establishment or dissolution of a parish council, or

(b)

the grouping of the parish with another parish or parishes under a common parish council.

(4)

Public notice of a parish meeting shall be given—

(a)

by posting a notice of the meeting in some conspicuous place or places in the parish, and

(b)

in such other manner, if any, as appears to the person or persons convening the meeting to be desirable for giving publicity to the meeting.

Notes on Schedule 12

Modifications

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Sch. 12 modified (5.11.2008) by The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2857), art. 6

C2

Sch. 12 excluded by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 86(9)

C3

Sch. 12 modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(4)

C4

Sch. 12 applied with modifications by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 160(2)

Sch. 12: power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this Schedule (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4(a)(ii); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)

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