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The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (Note)

The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Wales) Regulations 2001

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 2292 (W.180)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES

The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Made 21st June 2001

Coming into force 28 July 2001

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I

GENERAL

1 - Citation, commencement and application

2 - General interpretation

PART II

PETITIONS AND REFERENDUMS

3 - Interpretation of Part II

4 - Verification number

5 - Publicity for verification number

6 - Petitions for a referendum

7 - Post-announcement and post-direction petitions

8 - Amalgamation of petitions

9 - Validity of petitions

10 - Formalities of petition

11 - Procedure on receipt of petition

12 - Public inspection of petitions

13 - Publicity for valid petitions

14 - Publicity for invalid petitions and those petitions in relation to which the authority will not act

15 - Restrictions relating to publicity

16 - Timing of referendum

17 - Action before referendum

PART III

DIRECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS

18 - Circumstances in which the National Assembly for Wales may require referendum

19 - Action following direction

20 - Requirements as to proposals

21 - Time for holding referendum required by direction

22 - Publicity for referendum required by direction

PART IV

ACTION TO BE TAKEN AFTER REFERENDUMS

23 - Action where referendum proposals approved

24 - Action where referendum proposals rejected

PART V

DEFAULT POWERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES

25 - Default powers of the National Assembly for Wales

SCHEDULES

1 - Petition Statement

2 - Particular circumstances in which the National Assembly for Wales may require referendum to be held

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 34, 35,105(2) and 106(1) and (2) of the Local Government Act 2000[1]:

PART I

GENERAL

Citation, commencement and application

1. - (1) These Regulations are called the Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 28 July 2001.

(2) These Regulations apply to Wales only.

General interpretation

2. - (1) In these Regulations -

"the Act" ("y Ddeddf") means the Local Government Act 2000;

"authority" ("awdurdod") means a county or county borough council in Wales; and

"outline fall-back proposals" ("cynigion wrth-gefn amlinellol") means an outline of the proposals that an authority intend to implement if proposals that are to be the subject of a referendum under Part II or Part III of these Regulations are rejected in that referendum.

(2) Except in the definition of "proper officer" in regulation 3, any reference in these Regulations to a section followed by a number is a reference to the section bearing that number in the Act.

PART II

PETITIONS A...

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