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Local Electoral Act 2001

Preliminary provisions

11: Triennial general election not necessary in certain cases

You could also call this:

"No election needed if one was held in the last year"

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You do not need to have a triennial general election if a general election for a local authority, local board, or community board has been held in the last 12 months. This is an exception to what is stated in section 10. If an election has been held in the last year, you cannot have another triennial general election for that local authority, local board, or community board.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

11Triennial general election not necessary in certain cases

  1. Despite section 10, if a general election of any local authority, local board, or community board is held within 12 months before the date of a triennial general election under that section, a triennial general election must not be held for that local authority, local board, or community board.

Compare
  • 1976 No 144 s 5
Notes
  • Section 11: amended, on , by section 76 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).