SCHEDULES
I1C1SCHEDULE 1Political Balance on Local Authority Committees etc.
Sch. 1 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 57 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2
Construction of sections 15 to 17
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The Secretary of State may, for the purposes of sections 15 and 16 of this Act, by regulations make provision—
a
as to the circumstances in which the members of a relevant authority are to be treated as divided into different political groups;
b
as to the persons who are to be treated as members of such a group and as to when a person is to be treated as having ceased to be a member of such agroup;
c
requiring the question whether a person is or is not a member of a political group to be determined in such manner as may be provided for by or under the regulations;
d
specifying the manner in which, and times at which, the wishes of such a group are to be expressed and the consequences of a failure by such a group to express its wishes.
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Regulations under this paragraph may make provision modifying the provisions of sections 15 and 16 of this Act in relation to any case in which some of the members of a relevant authority fall to be treated as members of one or more political groups and the others do not.
Sch. 1 partly in force; Sch. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 195(2); Sch. 1 in force for certain purposes at 16.1.1990 by S.I. 1989/2445, art. 4; Sch. 1 in force at 1.8.1990 as it applies in relation to England and Wales and in so far as it is not already in force by S.I. 1990/1552, art. 3.