Consultation outcome

Proposal to use a legislative reform order to set up town and parish councils

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 27 March 2014
• Last updated: 8 January 2015 — See all updates

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

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

The government response to the consultation on a proposal to use a legislative reform order for making it easier to set up a new town and parish council

Ref: ISBN 9781409844549

PDF, 399 KB, 22 pages

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Detail of outcome

This document is the government response to the consultation on the proposal to use a legislative reform order for making it easier to set up new town and parish councils.

The section of the document most relevant is specifically section 4: consultation.

The full content of the government response also acted as an explanatory note laid in parliament on 11 December 2014, together with the Draft Legislative Reform Order.

The government response sets out the evidence to support the introduction of the new measures, but particular attention should be given to section 4 of this document.

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Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on a proposal to use a legislative reform order for making it easier to set up new town and parish councils.

This consultation ran from
27 March 2014 to 11:45pm on 22 May 2014

Consultation description

This consultation invites views on the legislation governing community governance reviews.

It sets out proposals and seek views on the amendments to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. The proposed legislative change will be made through a legislative reform order under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.

Documents

Consultation on a proposal to use a legislative reform order for making it easier to set up a town and parish council

Ref: ISBN 9781409841890

PDF, 282 KB, 24 pages

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Draft Legislative Reform (Community Governance Reviews) Order

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Published 27 March 2014
Last updated 8 January 2015 + show all updates

1. 8 January 2015

   Added government response.

2. 27 March 2014

   First published.