{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-12/paragraph-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-12/paragraph-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/29",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The manner of voting at meetings of a community council is to be decided by the council, but (if a vote is necessary on the question) the proper officer is to determine the manner of voting on that decision; if agreement cannot be reached, the proper officer is to determine the manner of voting on all other matters.\n(2) On the requisition of any member of the council the voting on any question shall be recorded so as to show whether each member present and voting gave his vote for or against that question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 29(1) substituted (1.5.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 4 para. 23(1); S.I. 2021/354, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 modified (W.) (22.4.2020) by The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/442), regs. 1(3), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 29 modified (W.) (22.4.2020) by The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/442), regs. 1(3), 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 12 modified (W.) (22.4.2020) by The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/442), regs. 1(3), 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/6",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/12/paragraph/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:26.887741+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."
}