Parish meeting

Parish meeting

A parish meeting, in England, or a community meeting, in Wales, is a meeting to which all the electors in a civil parish or a Welsh community are entitled to attend. In some cases, where a parish or groups of parishes has fewer than 200 electors, the parish meeting can take on the role of the parish council itself, with statutory powers, and electing a chairman and clerk to act on the meeting's behalf.

In England, the meeting must take place between 1 March and 1 June, both dates inclusive, and must take place no earlier than 6pm. In Wales, no annual meeting need take place at allCite book | author=Clayden, Paul | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Parish Councillor's Guide 19th edition | date=January 2007 | publisher=Crayford, Kent | location=Published by: Shaw & Sons | isbn= 978 0 7219 0517 4| pages=pages 156 et seq] .

References

External links

* [http://www.mallerstang.com/parishmeeting.htm Website for Parish Meeting] of Mallerstang, Cumbria, England


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