SCHEDULEConditions of eligibility

Article 2

1

The council has resolved at a meeting of the council and each subsequent relevant annual meeting that it meets the conditions in paragraph 2 below.

2

1

At the time a resolution under paragraph 1 is passed —

a

the number of members of the council that have been declared to be elected3, whether at ordinary elections or at a by-election, is equal to or greater than two-thirds of the total number of members of the council;

b

the clerk to the parish council holds—

i

the Certificate in Local Council Administration;

ii

the Certificate of Higher Education in Local Policy;

iii

the Certificate of Higher Education in Local Council Administration; or

iv

the first level of the foundation degree in Community Engagement and Governance awarded by the University of Gloucestershire or its successor qualifications; and

c

the clerk to the parish council has completed the relevant training, unless such training was required for the purpose of obtaining a qualification of a description mentioned in paragraph (b).

2

For the purposes of this paragraph “relevant training” means training—

a

in the exercise of the general power;

b

provided in accordance with the national training strategy for parish councils adopted by the National Association of Local Councils, as revised from time to time.