Act 1972 provides that a parish meeting is a precepting authority. This means that where there is no parish council the parish meeting must meet its own expenses, usually by precepting on council tax collected by the district council. A parish meeting may only precept for expenditure relating to specific functions, powers and rights which have been conferred on it by legislation. A parish meeting may request that the district council confers the powers of a parish council on a parish meeting under S137 of the Local Government Act 1972. This would allow the parish meeting to do any of those things that a parish council can do as specified in the Order of which the list is given above. The power is limited to £7.20 per elector for 2014/15. This is index-linked to the Retail Price Index, but was same as the previous year due to negative RPI. See also Town meeting References External links Example of a website for a parish meeting; Mallerstang, Cumbria Civil parishes in England Direct democracy Precepting authorities in England