Local Government Act 1985

35 Disqualification.E+W

(1)A person shall be disqualified for being appointed or being a member of a joint authority if he holds any paid office or employment (other than the office of chairman or vice-chairman) appointments to which are or may be made or confirmed by the authority or any committee or sub-committee of the authority or by a joint committee on which the authority is represented or by any person holding any such office or employment.

(2)A paid officer of a joint authority who is employed under the direction of—

(a)a committee or sub-committee of the joint authority any member of which is appointed on the nomination of another joint authority or of a local authority; or

(b)a joint committee on which the joint authority is represented and any member of which is so appointed,

shall be disqualified for being appointed or being a member of that other joint authority or for being elected or being a member of the local authority, as the case may be.

(3)A person who is for the time being a member, officer or servant of, or an officer or servant of a subsidiary (within the meaning of the M1Transport Act 1962) of, the Passenger Transport Executive for an area which is or was coterminous with the area of a metropolitan county shall be disqualified for being appointed or being a member of the metropolitan county passenger transport authority for that county.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 35 applied (with modifications) (8.1.1996) by 1995 c. x, s. 44, Sch.

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