§ MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
§ Amendments made:
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No. 576, in page 241, line 18 after 'council', insert:
'and other business brought before that meeting as a matter of urgency in accordance with the council's standing orders'.
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No. 904, in page 241, line 31 after 'if', insert:
'at that time he remains a councillor or an alderman and is'.
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No. 560, in page 243, line 4 at beginning insert—
(1) Unless otherwise provided by the council's standing orders.
§ No. 561, in page 243, line 5 leave out 'and' and insert '(2)'.—[Mr. Graham Page.]
234§ Mr. Graham PageI beg to move Amendment No. 562, in page 243, line 12, leave out 'April' and insert 'June'.
I think this Amendment needs some explanation. My hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Mr. Charles Morrison) move an Amendment in Committee which aimed to shift the annual parish meeting to the autumn. According to the Bill, it has to be held in March. To postpone it to the autumn would put it out of phase with the parish council. If it were accepted that it could be held before June, as the Amendment provides, I think it would meet the case.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ 1.0 a.m.
§ Mr. Graham PageI beg to move Amendment No. 1000, in page 244, line 2, leave out from 'council' to end of line 3.
§ No. 1001, in Schedule 13, page 252, line 30, at end insert:
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5. After subsection (1) of section 3 of the Parish Councils Act 1957 there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(1A) Where the council of a parish or community or a parish meeting exercise the powers, conferred on them by subsection (1) above in part only of the parish or community, then, notwithstanding anything in section 149 of the Local Government Act 1972, the parish or community council or parish meeting may by resolution declare the expenses incurred under this section to be chargeable only on such part of their area as may be specified in the resolution, and any such resolution may be varied or revoked by a subsequent resolution of the council or meeting, as the case may be".
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No. 1002, in Schedule 14, page 260, leave out lines 35 to 37 and insert:
'34. In section 3(1) of the Parish Councils Act 1957, for the words from the beginning to the word "council", in the second place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words "The council of a parish or community or, in the case of a parish for which there is no parish council" and for the words "in that part of the parish, as the case may be" there shall be substituted the words "community, or in any part thereof".
§ No. 1003, in Schedule 30, page 351, line 56, column 3, leave out '(4), (5)' and insert '(2) to (6)'.
§ Mr. PageThese Amendments will enable a parish or community council, or 235 a parish meeting to exercise street lighting powers in the whole or part of the parish or community area without the need for any consent or formal provision for adoption. If they exercise the powers in part only of their area, they may charge the cost to that part.
This will simplify the procedure for a parish to exercise its right to provide not highway lighting but rather footpath lighting which is in the power of certain parishes.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Amendments made: No. 563, in page 247, line 21, at beginning insert:
(1) Unless otherwise provided by the council's standing orders.
§ No. 564, in page 247, line 22, leave out 'and' and insert '(2)'.
§ No. 559, in page 250, line 10, at beginning insert 'Subject to those provisions'.—[Mr. Graham Page.]