Section 42 Duty to make petition schemeI1

(1)

A principal council must make and publish a scheme (a “petition scheme”) setting out how the council intends to handle and respond to petitions (including electronic petitions).

(2)

A petition scheme must, in particular, set out—

(a)

how a petition may be submitted to the council;

(b)

how and by when the council will acknowledge receipt of a petition;

(c)

the steps the council may take in response to a petition received by it;

(d)

the circumstances (if any) in which the council may take no further action in response to a petition;

(e)

how and by when the council will make available its response to a petition to the person who submitted the petition and to the public.

(3)

A principal council must review its petition scheme from time to time and, if the council considers it appropriate, revise the scheme.

(4)

If a principal council revises or replaces a petition scheme, it must publish the revised or new scheme.

F1(5)

This section applies to a corporate joint committee as it applies to a principal council and references in subsections (1) to (4) to a principal council are to be construed accordingly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 42(5) inserted (6.5.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(3)(c), 31

Commencement

I1: S. 42 in force at 5.5.2022 by S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(d)