{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-5/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) At least three days before a meeting of the council—\n(a) notice of the time and place of the intended meeting must be published at the offices of the council or on the council’s website; and\n(b) a summons to attend the meeting must be served on every member of the council.\n(2) If the meeting is called by members of the council, the notice under sub- paragraph (1)(a) must—\n(a) be signed by them; and\n(b) specify the business proposed to be transacted at the meeting.\n(3) A summons under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must—\n(a) be signed by the clerk of the council; and\n(b) specify the business proposed to be transacted at the meeting.\n(4) Failure to serve a summons under sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not affect the validity of a meeting.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(1)(a) inserted (1.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of District Council Meetings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/74), regs. 1(1), 5(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5(1)(a) applied (with modifications) (25.6.2024) by The Local Government (Remote Meetings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/140), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/schedule/5/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:21.412545+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."
}