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Localism Bill

128F: Clause 48, page 41, line 1, after ““referendum,”” insert ““and (b) the petition is not a special-case petition,”” 128G: Clause 48, page 41, line 3, at end insert— ““(3A) Subsection (3B) applies if— (a) the determination is that it is appropriate to hold the referendum, and (b) the petition is a special-case petition. (3B) The proper officer of the authority must— (a) if the authority is not the Greater London Authority, arrange for a meeting of the authority to decide on a resolution that the referendum should be held, or (b) if the authority is the Greater London Authority, arrange for the authority to decide on a resolution that the referendum should be held. (3C) The arrangements under subsection (3B)(a) or (b) must be such as to enable the decision concerned to be made as soon as is reasonably practicable after— (a) the determination is made, or (b) if later, the officer concerned came to be of the opinion as a result of which the petition is a special-case petition. (3D) If the authority— (a) is not the Greater London Authority and resolves at the meeting mentioned in subsection (3B)(a) that the referendum should be held, or (b) is the Greater London Authority and resolves that the referendum should be held, it must make arrangements for the referendum to take place in accordance with sections 51 to 54.”” Amendments 128F and 128G agreed. Amendment 128H Moved by