C7C6C1C12C13C16C14C10C17C8C11 Part V General Provisions as to Members and Proceedings of Local Authorities

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 5 (ss. 79-100) applied (12.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/867, reg. 11(6)

Pt. 5 (ss. 79-100) applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)

Acceptance, resignation and vacation of office, and casual vacancies

C2C3C9C1584C17C8C11 Resignation.

F11

A person elected to any office under this Act F2or elected as an elected mayormay at any time resign his office by written notice delivered—

a

except in a case falling within paragraph (b), (c) or (d) below, to the proper officer of the council;

b

in the case of a person elected to a corporate office in a London borough, to the proper officer of the borough;

c

in the case of a parish or community councillor, to the chairman of the parish or community council;

d

in the case of a chairman of a parish or community council or of a parish meeting, to the council or the meeting, as the case may be;

and his resignation shall take effect upon the receipt of the notice by the person or body to whom it is required to be delivered.

C4C5F32

A person elected or appointed to an office under Part F4. . . IV of the Local Government Act 1985 may at any time resign his office by written notice delivered to the proper officer of the authority of which he is a member and his resignation shall take effect upon the receipt of the notice by that officer.