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Section 12B: Groups of parishes: alternative styles

Local Government Act 1972 · 1972 c. 70View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Local Government Areas and Authorities in England

This section applies to a group of parishes.

The common parish council of the group may resolve that each of the grouped parishes shall have the same alternative style.

If each of the grouped parishes has an alternative style, the common parish council of the group may resolve that each of the grouped parishes shall cease to have that style.

A single resolution may provide for each of the grouped parishes—

to cease to have an alternative style, and
to have the same one of the other alternative styles instead.

If the common parish council passes a resolution under this section for each of the grouped parishes to have an alternative style, the group of parishes shall have the appropriate one of the following styles—

"group of communities";
"group of neighbourhoods";
"group of villages".

As soon as practicable after passing a resolution under this section, the common parish council of a group must give notice of the change of style to all of the following—

the Secretary of State;
the Local Government Boundary Commission for England;
the Office of National Statistics;
the Director General of the Ordnance Survey;
any district council, county council or London borough council within whose area the group lies.

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