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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9N.I.MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS: GENERAL

Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c.9)N.I.

1  In section 9 (vacation of office on account of non-attendance)—N.I.

(a)in subsection (1), for “and (3)” substitute “ to (4) ”;

(b)after subsection (3) add—

(4) Any period during which a councillor is suspended or partially suspended under Part 9 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 is to be disregarded for the purpose of calculating the period of six months under subsection (1) (and accordingly—

(a)a period during which a councillor fails to attend meetings of the council that falls immediately before, and

(b)a period during which a councillor fails to attend meetings of the council that falls immediately after,

a period of suspension or partial suspension are to be treated as consecutive)..

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 9 para. 1 in operation at 2.6.2014 by S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 1