Section 41 Power to require decisions to be reconsideredI1

Standing orders must make provision requiring reconsideration of a decision if 15 per cent. of the members of the council (rounded up to the next highest whole number if necessary) present to the clerk of the council a requisition on either or both of the following grounds—

Standing orders must require the clerk of the council to obtain an opinion from a practising barrister or solicitor before reconsideration of a decision on a requisition made wholly or partly on the ground mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

Regulations may amend the percentage mentioned in subsection (1) and the process by which a legal opinion is obtained in subsection (2).

In this section—

• “decision” means a decision of the council or a committee of the council and includes a decision to make a recommendation;

• “reconsideration” means—

  1. (a)

     in the case of a decision of the council, reconsideration by the council;

  2. (b)

     in any other case, consideration by the council or any specified committee of the council (whether or not the decision is a decision of that committee);

• “section”, in relation to the inhabitants of a district, means a section of a specified description;

• “specified” means specified in standing orders.