Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 7:00 pm on 22 May 2007.
'(1) A council must comply with this section in passing a resolution for elections by halves.
(2) The council must not pass the resolution unless it has taken reasonable steps to consult such persons as it thinks appropriate on the proposed change.
(3) The resolution must be passed—
(a) at a meeting specially convened for the purpose, and
(b) by a majority of at least two thirds of the members voting on it.
(4) The council must pass the resolution in a permitted resolution period.
(5) In this section "permitted resolution period" means the period in 2008, or in any fourth year afterwards, that starts with
(6) The Secretary of State may by order provide that a permitted resolution period is to end later than the day determined in accordance with subsection (5).'.— [Mr. Woolas.]
Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.