# Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, Section 42: Duty to make petition scheme


(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021/section-42
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