57 Requests for review of single-member electoral areas
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (2009 c 20) | Legislation

57  Requests for review of single-member electoral areas

(1)     A principal council which falls within subsection (3) may request the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to—

(a)     conduct a review of the council's area under section 56(2)(a), and

(b)     make recommendations as to single-member electoral areas under section 56(2)(b).

(2)     In this section “recommendations as to single-member electoral areas” means recommendations, for each electoral area in the area of a principal council, as to whether the electoral area should return one member of the council.

(3)     A principal council falls within this subsection if—

(a)     it is not

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