Valid from 31/12/2008
(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—
(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.”