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(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, the members of a local authority’s social services committee may include persons who are not members of the authority or, as the case may be, of any authority concurring in the establishment of the committee, provided that they are not disqualified from being members of that authority or any such authority.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, a social services committee may, if authorised to do so by the local authority or, as the case may be, the local authorities concurring in the establishment of the committee and subject to any restrictions imposed by that authority or those authorities, co-opt persons to serve as members of the committee, provided that they are not disqualified from being members of that authority or any of the said authorities.
(3)At least a majority of the members of a local authority’s social services committee shall be members of that authority or, as the case may be, of the authorities concurring in the establishment of the committee.
(4)The members of a sub-committee established under [F1section 4(2)][F1subsection (1A) or subsection (2) of section 4]of this Act—
(a)shall include at least one member of the local authority or, as the case may be, of each of the local authorities concerned; and
(b)may include persons who are not members of the social services committee, provided that they are not disqualified from being members of the local authority or, as the case may be, of any of the said authorities.
(5)The members of a joint sub-committee established under section 4(3) of this Act—
(a)shall include at least one member of each of the local authorities concerned; and
(b)may include persons who are not members of any social services committee concurring in the establishment of the sub-committee, provided that they are not disqualified from being members of any of the said authorities.
(6)In this section “disqualified” means disqualified under [F2section 80 of the M1Local Government Act 1972] (which relates to office-holders under local authorities, bankrupts, persons who have been convicted, etc.) [F3or under section 74 of the Transport Act 1985 (disabilities of directors of public transport companies)].
Textual Amendments
F1Words “subsection (1A) or subsection (2) of section 4” substituted (prosp.) for words “section 4(2)” by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 194(1), 195(2), Sch. 11 para. 18
F2Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 44(4)
F3Words inserted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2), Sch. 7 para. 14
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 5 excluded (E.) (26.10.2000) and (W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 102(1), 108(4)-(7); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(a)
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