14Local council support

14 Local council support

14 Local council support

(1) If a CID proposal achieves the required support in a CID proposal ballot, the Authority must send a copy of the proposal, and a report on the result of the ballot, to each local council whose area is within the boundaries of the CID with a request that the local council notify the Authority whether the local council supports the proposal or not.

(2) A local council must give the notice, with the reasons for the local council’s decision, to the Authority within the period specified by the Authority, being a period of not less than 60 days.

(3) Nothing in subsections (1) and (2) prevents a local council that has, in accordance with the subsections, notified the Authority that the local council does not support a CID proposal from rescinding its decision and giving a further notice to the Authority that the local council now supports the CID proposal.

(4) The regulations may specify the way in which a local council must—

(a) make the decision on whether to support a CID proposal or not, and

(b) notify the Authority whether the local council supports the CID proposal or not, and

(c) give the reasons for the decision.

Example—

A regulation may provide that the local council must notify the Authority about its decision by email to a specified address.