Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Membership E+W

1 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a member of a regional development agency shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for re-appointment. E+W

(2) A member of a regional development agency may at any time resign his office by giving notice to the Secretary of State.

(3) The Secretary of State may remove a member of a regional development agency from that office if he is satisfied—

(a) that the member has been absent from meetings of the agency for a period of more than 3 months without the permission of the agency,

(b) that the member has been adjudged bankrupt, that his estate has been sequestrated or that he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors, or

(c) that the member is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a member.

[F1 (4) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) have effect in relation to the London Development Agency as if the references to the Secretary of State were references to the Mayor of London.

(5) Where the Mayor of London makes an appointment under section 2(1) by virtue of section 2(7), he shall not make it a term of appointment of the person so appointed that he is to be required to resign his office if he ceases to be an elected member of the London Assembly, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 1(4)(5) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 309, Sch. 25 para. 20(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3