Local Government Act 1985

Meetings and proceedings

35(1)Schedule 12 shall be amended as follows.

(2)After Part I there shall be inserted—

PART IAJOINT AUTHORITIES AND INNER LONDON EDUCATION AUTHORITY

6AParagraph 1 above shall apply to a joint authority as it applies to a principal council in a year in which there are no ordinary elections of councillors and that paragraph shall apply to the Inner London Education Authority as it applies to the council of a London borough.

6BThe other provisions of Part I of this Schedule shall apply to an authority mentioned in paragraph 6A above as they apply to a principal council except that the number of members mentioned in paragraph 3(2) shall be three members in the case of a joint authority and ten members in the case of the Inner London Education Authority.

(3)After paragraph 45 there shall be inserted—

46In this Part of this Schedule " local authority " includes a joint authority and the Inner London Education Authority and in relation to any such authority the reference in paragraph 43 above to election shall include a reference to appointment.