Part 4Parishes
Chapter 2Power to promote well-being
78Community strategies
1
The Local Government Act 2000 is amended as follows.
2
In section 2 (promotion of well-being), after subsection (3) insert—
3A
But, in the case of an eligible parish council, that is subject to section 4A.
3
After section 4 (strategies for promoting well-being) insert—
4AStrategies: parishes
1
The duty in section 4 to prepare a community strategy does not apply to an eligible parish council.
2
But in exercising the power under section 2(1), an eligible parish council must have regard to any community strategy prepared by a relevant principal council.
3
In this section “relevant principal council”, in relation to a parish council, means any county council, district council or London borough council whose area the parish lies within.