Consultation outcome

Payments by parish and community councils and charter trustees

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 17 July 2012
• Last updated: 1 May 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England and Wales

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The proposal on which we consulted was implemented by the Legislative Reform (Payments by Parish Councils, Community Councils and Charter Trustees) Order 2014. This was made on 11 March 2014 and came into force on the following day.

The outcome of the consultation and the action taken by the government in response are set out in the explanatory document that accompanied the draft of this order when it was laid before Parliament in November 2013.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation proposes the removal of the statutory rule requiring cheques issued by parish councils to be signed by 2 councillors.

This consultation ran from
17 July 2012 to 11:45pm on 11 September 2012

Consultation description

This consultation proposes the removal of the statutory rule requiring cheques and other orders for the payment of money by parish councils (in England) and community councils (in Wales) to be signed by 2 councillors. The proposal also covers a similar rule applying to certain charter trustees in England.

The government proposes that this should be done by a legislative reform order made under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006. The paper sets out the safeguards that would apply to payments by these bodies once the 2 signature rule is removed.

Documents

Payments by parish and community councils and charter trustees: consultation

Ref: ISBN 9781409835745

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Published 17 July 2012
Last updated 1 May 2014 + show all updates

1. 1 May 2014

   Updated with details of the consultation outcome

2. 17 July 2012

   First published.