Commentary on Sections Undertaking community governance reviews Section 85: Power to respond to petition
202.This section specifies the cases in which a principal council receives a valid petition relating to the whole or part of its area but is not required to conduct a community governance review. The cases are where on the date that the petition is received:
	The council is not undertaking a review, but, has in the previous two years concluded a review and in the council’s opinion the area to which the petition relates covers the whole or a significant part of the area to which the completed review related
	The council is undertaking a community governance review and the petition area is wholly outside the area under review and the council has concluded a previous community governance review in the previous two years that in the council’s opinion the area to which the petition relates covers the whole or a significant part of the area to which the previous review related
	The council is undertaking a community governance review of part of its area, and the area to which the petition relates is not wholly outside the area under review.
	The council is undertaking a community governance review of part of its area, and the area to which the petition relates to the whole of the council’s area.
	The council is undertaking a community governance review of the whole of its area, and the area to which the petition relates to the whole or part of the council’s area.
203.In each of these cases, the principal council can decide to undertake a review or modify the terms of reference of an existing review or take no action.