Local Government Act 1972

[F1 F2 First meetings of new principal councils] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 (paras. 1-10) substituted (5.7.1994) for Sch. 5 (paras. 1-15) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 3, 66(2)(a)(b), Sch. 3 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

F2 Sch. 5 (paras. 1-10) substituted (5.7.1994) for Sch. 5 (paras. 1-15) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 3, 66(2)(a)(b), Sch. 3 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

F3 5 (1) The first meeting of each new principal council shall be held within 21 days immediately following the day of election and shall be treated as the annual meeting of the council for 1995.

(2) The meeting shall be convened by the head of paid service of an authority designated by the appropriate transition committee and shall be held at such place as he may appoint.

(3) The notice of the meeting required by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 12 to this Act shall be published at the place where the meeting is to be held and the summons to attend the meeting shall be signed by the person convening it.

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 5 (paras. 1-10) substituted (5.7.1994) for Sch. 5 (paras. 1-15) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 3, 66(2)(a)(b), Sch. 3 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

F4 6 (1) Until the completion of the election of a chairman at the first meeting of a new principal council, persons designated by the appropriate transition committee shall exercise any functions falling to be exercised by the chairman and vice-chairman of the council.

(2) Any person so designated shall not vote in the first instance at the election of the chairman unless he is a councillor for the new area.

(3) At the first meeting of a new principal council the head of paid service of an authority so designated shall exercise any functions falling to be exercised by the proper officer of the new council in relation to the meeting.

(4) The standing orders for the regulation of the proceedings and business of an authority so designated shall apply at the first meeting of a new principal council.

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 5 (paras. 1-10) substituted (5.7.1994) for Sch. 5 (paras. 1-15) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 3, 66(2)(a)(b), Sch. 3 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))

F5 7 If he is requested to do so, the Secretary of State may himself exercise a committee’s power of designation for the purposes of any provision of paragraph 4, 5 or 6 above on the ground that the committee is unlikely to exercise the power in time for that provision to operate.

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 5 (paras. 1-10) substituted (5.7.1994) for Sch. 5 (paras. 1-15) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 3, 66(2)(a)(b), Sch. 3 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))