{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Restriction on community applications during and after reviews.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, no community application shall be made in relation to any community—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ba) during the period of two years beginning with the coming into force of an order relating to the community under Part 3 of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 consequent on recommendations made under that Part by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru\n(c) during the two years beginning with the coming into force of an order made under this Part of this Act on a community application in relation to the community.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The Secretary of State may, on an application made by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru at any time when conducting a review ... under Part 3 of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 or on an application by a principal council at any time when conducting such a review, direct that no community application shall be made in relation to any community affected by the review until the Secretary of State further directs.\n(4) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above but without prejudice to subsection (3) above, the Secretary of State may permit the making of a community application in relation to a community if requested to do so by the council of the area in which the community is situated or by the community council (if any) or a community meeting of the community.\n(5) In this section “community application” means any application referred to in section 27B, 27D, 27F, 27H, 27J or 27L above.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 30(1)(a) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5)(8), Sch. 15 para. 4(a), Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 30(1)(b) repealed (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), s. 75(2)(d), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 30(1)(ba) inserted (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), s. 75(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(1)(ba) substituted (25.6.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(1)(ba) substituted (25.6.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 34(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 30(2) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5)(8), Sch. 15 para. 4(b), Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(3) substituted (25.6.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 34(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(3) repealed (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), s. 75(2)(d), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(3) substituted (25.6.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Word in s. 30(3) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5), Sch. 15 para. 4(c) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(4) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5), Sch. 15 para. 4(d) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Word in s. 30(4) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5), Sch. 15 para. 4(d) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(5) substituted (10.7.2011) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4), ss. 114(1)(a), 178(2) (with s. 115)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 30(3)(4): power to transfer or modify functions conferred (30.11.2000 for specified purposes otherwiseprosp.) by 2000 c. 41, ss. 20(3)(a), 163(2)(3)(d) (with s. 156(6))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/30",
    "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."
}