Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014

Councils to publish additional information N.I.

49—(1) A council must maintain a register stating—

(a) the name and address of every member of the council; and

(b) in respect of every committee or sub-committee of the council—

(i) the members of the council who are members of the committee or sub-committee or who are entitled, in accordance with any standing orders relating to the committee or sub-committee, to speak at its meetings or any of them;

(ii) the name and address of every other person who is a member of the committee or sub-committee or who is entitled, in accordance with any standing orders relating to the committee or sub-committee, to speak at its meetings or any of them otherwise than in the capacity of an officer of the council;

(iii) the functions in relation to the committee or sub-committee of every person falling within sub-paragraph (i) who is not a member of the committee or sub-committee and of every person falling within sub-paragraph (ii).

(2) A council must maintain a list—

(a) specifying those powers of the council which are exercisable by officers of the council in pursuance of arrangements made under this Act or any other statutory provision for their discharge by those officers; and

(b) stating the title of the officer by whom each of the powers so specified is so exercisable;

but this subsection does not require a power to be specified in the list if the arrangements for its discharge by the officer are made for a specified period not exceeding six months.

(3) There must be kept at the offices of a council [F1 or on the council’s website] a written summary of the rights—

(a) to attend meetings of a council and of committees and sub-committees of a council; and

(b) to inspect and copy documents and to be furnished with documents,

which are conferred by this Part and such other statutory provisions as the Department may by order specify.

(4) The register maintained under subsection (1), the list maintained under subsection (2) and the summary kept under subsection (3) must be open to inspection by the public at the offices of the council [F2 or on the council’s website].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 49(3) inserted (1.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of District Council Meetings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/74), regs. 1(1), 9(a)

F2 Words in s. 49(4) inserted (1.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of District Council Meetings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/74), regs. 1(1), 9(b)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 49 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2