C1Part VIII Finance
Expenses and receipts
150 Expenses of parish and community councils.
1
The sums required to meet the expenses of a F1 . . . community council or a F1 . . . community meeting shall—
a F2
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b F2
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c F2
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F3d
in the case of a community council for a community not grouped under a common community council, be chargeable on the community;
e
in the case of a common community council for communities so grouped, be chargeable on the communities within the group;
f
in the case of a community meeting of a community having a separate community council, be chargeable on the community;
g
in the case of a community meeting of a community grouped under a common community council, be chargeable on the communities within the group;
h
in the case of a community meeting of a community not having a community council, whether separate or common, be chargeable on the district in which the community is situated:
Provided that paragraph (h) shall not apply in any case in relation to which a resolution in accordance with section 33(4)(d) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (special expenses of a charging authority) is in force
2
In a parish having a separate parish council or in a community having a council, whether separate or common, the expenses of the parish meeting or any community meeting shall be paid by the parish or community council.
3
In a community not having a community council, whether separate or common, the expenses of any community meeting shall be paid by the council of the district in which the community is situated.
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5
Every cheque or other order for the payment of money by a parish or community council shall be signed by two members of the council.
6
Every parish or community council and the chairman of the parish meeting for a parish not having a separate parish council shall keep such accounts as may be prescribed of the receipts and payments of the council or parish meeting, as the case may be.
7
References in this section to the expenses of a parish or community meeting include references to the expenses of any poll consequent on a parish or community meeting.
Pt. VIII (ss. 147–178) modified by S.I. 1983/249, reg. 2, Sch. 4