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| Page 23, line 41, leave out Clause 32. |
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| | Clause Agreed to on division. |
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| Page 24, line 23, leave out Clause 33. |
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| | Clause Agreed to on division. |
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| Page 24, line 38, leave out Clause 34. |
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| | Clause Agreed to on division. |
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| | Clauses 35 to 38 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 39, page 28, line 16, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | A principal local authority must hold a referendum in accordance with this |
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| | Chapter (a “local referendum”) if— |
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| | (a) | any of the conditions in subsections (2), (3) or (4) are met, and |
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| | (b) | the condition in subsection (4A) is met.’. |
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| Clause 39, page 28, line 30, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | The fourth condition is that the authority has not already held two referendums |
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| | under this section in the preceding 12 months.’. |
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| Clause 39, page 28, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(6) | A principal local authority must publish on the authority’s website, and in print, |
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| | information on the duty to hold a local referendum and a guide for communities |
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| | on the process for holding a local referendum, both to be in a format easily |
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| | understandable and useable by communities.’. |
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| | Clause Agreed to on division. |
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| Clause 40, page 29, line 10, leave out subsection (2). |
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| Clause 41, page 30, line 2, leave out ‘5%’ and insert ‘10%’. |
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| Clause 41, page 30, line 3, leave out subsection (2). |
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| Clause 41, page 30, line 3, leave out ‘or lower’. |
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| Clause 42, page 30, line 10, leave out paragraphs (b) and (c) and insert— |
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| | ‘(b) | the request is made by at least 25% of the members of the authority, |
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| | (c) | the members making the request include a majority of those members of |
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| | the authority who represent the relevant area.’. |
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| Clause 44, page 31, line 25, leave out subsection (5). |
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| Clause 44, page 31, line 25, leave out subsections (5) and (6). |
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| Clause 44, page 31, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7A) | The fifth ground is that the authority thinks that the cost of the referendum, or the |
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| | total cost of any or all of the referendums held by that authority under section 39 |
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| | in the preceding 12 months, is unreasonable.’. |
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| Page 31, line 4, leave out Clause 44. |
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| | Clauses 45 to 49 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 50, page 33, line 40, leave out ‘in such manner as it thinks fit’ and insert ‘in |
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| print and online in a format easily understandable and useable by communities’. |
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| Clause 50, page 34, line 9, leave out subsections (4) and (5). |
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| | Clauses 51 to 56 Agreed to. |
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| | Schedules 5 and 6 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 57, page 37, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | Welsh Ministers must make provision to apply this Chapter, amended as |
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| | appropriate, to relevant authorities in Wales.’. |
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| | Clauses 58 to 65 Agreed to. |
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| [Adjourned until Thursday at 9.30 am |
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