5(1)At a meeting of a principal council the chairman, if present, shall preside.E+W
(2)If the chairman is absent from a meeting of a principal council, then—
(a)F1. . ., the vice-chairman of the council, if present, shall preside;
F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)in the case of a London borough council, the deputy mayor, if at that time he remains a councillor F3. . . and is chosen for that purpose by the members of the council then present, shall preside.
(3)If—
(a)in the case of a principal council F4. . ., both the chairman and vice-chairman of the council are absent from a meeting of the council;
F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)in the case of a London borough council, the mayor and deputy mayor are so absent or the deputy mayor being present is not chosen;
another member of the council chosen by the members of the council present shall preside.
[F6(4)A member of an executive of a principal council may not be chosen to preside under sub-paragraph (3) above.
F6(5)Sub-paragraphs (2)(c) and (3)(c) above do not apply where a London borough council are operating executive arrangements which involve a mayor and cabinet executive F7. . . . ”]
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
F2Sch. 12 para. 5(2)(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
F3Words repealed by S.I. 1977/1710, art. 3(c)
F4Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
F5Sch. 12 para. (3)(b) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
F6Sch. 12 para. 5(4)(5) inserted (26.10.2000 (E.) and 28.7.2001 (W.)) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 46, 108(4), Sch. 3 para. 14(1)(2); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(e)
F7Words in Sch. 12 para. 5(5) omitted (30.12.2007) by virtue of Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 74, 245, Sch. 3 para. 12(2) and said words repealed (prosp.) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 241, 245, Sch. 18 Pt. 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 12 paras. 2-5 applied (with modifications)(1.5.2000 for specified purposes otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328, Sch. 28 para. 10(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, arts. 3(a)(b), 4(a)(g)