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Our small Parish does not have a Parish Council. It has been unable to elect a Chair for the past year and meetings have been called by 6 Elector with one acting as Chair. The Clerk has now stated his intention to resign at the next meeting. Is it possible for a Parish Meeting to function and meet legal requirement, without a Clerk? For example if a volunteer was appointed to be the Financial Officer.
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There is no requirement for a Parish Meeting to have a Clerk. As long as minutes are taken and made available for signature either at the end of the meeting or at the next meeting, it doesn't matter who takes them.
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Thankyou Dave. To be clear, does this apply where the Parish Meeting takes on the role of a parish council, with statutory powers and normally elects a Chairman and Clerk to act on the meeting's behalf. Perhaps turn the question round to ask what is the minimum we must do as a Parish to meet legal requirements?

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