Explanatory note

These Rules amend the Parish and Community Meetings (Polls) Rules 1987 (S.I. 1987/1) to provide for a different timetable for the conduct of a poll demanded at a parish meeting in England which could otherwise take place before 6th May 2021. Rule 3 sets out the timetable in respect of those polls, to provide that the date of poll is to be not earlier than 6th May 2021, or the fourteenth day after the day on which the poll was demanded (whichever is later) and not later than 11th June 2021.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared as this instrument will have no impact on the costs of business and the voluntary sector.