{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011/section-88",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011/section-88.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2011/4",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011",
  "path": "section/88",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": "Convening of community meetings by local government electors",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 is amended as follows—\n(a) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(1) Where there is a community council for a community, a community meeting may be convened at any time by the chairman of the council or by any two councillors representing the community on the council.”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for “any community meeting” substitute “ a community meeting convened under sub-paragraph (1) above ”;\n(c) in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), for “a community meeting” substitute “ a community meeting convened under sub-paragraph (1) above ”;\n(d) in sub-paragraph (3), for “any of the matters mentioned in section 29B(4) of this Act” substitute “ the existence of the community council or the grouping of the community with other communities ”;\n(e) at the end of the paragraph insert—\n“(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above, business relates to the existence of the community council or the grouping of the community with other communities if it relates to any function of a community meeting under sections 27A to 27L of this Act.”.\n(2) After paragraph 30 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 insert the following—\n“\n30A A community meeting may also be convened at any time by not less than—\n(a) 10% of the local government electors for the community, or\n(b) 50 of the electors (if 10% of the electors exceeds 50 electors).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 88 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(k)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/4/section/88",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:39.148280+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."
}