SCHEDULE 5 Membership and proceedings of regional and local flood defence committees
Part I Membership of flood defence committees
Appointment of deputies
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(1)
Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person nominated by one or more constituent councils may act as deputy for a member of a flood defence committee appointed by or on behalf of that council or those councils and may, accordingly, attend and vote at a meeting of the committee, instead of that member.
(2)
A person nominated under sub-paragraph (1) above as deputy for a member of a flood defence committee may, by virtue of that nomination, attend and vote at a meeting of a sub-committee of that committee which—
(a)
has been appointed by that committee under Part II of this Schedule; and
(b)
is a committee to which the member for whom he is a deputy belongs.
(3)
A person acting as deputy for a member of a flood defence committee shall be treated for the purposes for which he is nominated as a member of that committee.
(4)
A person shall not act as deputy for a member of a flood defence committee unless his nomination has been notified to such officer of the Agency as is appointed to receive such nominations.
(5)
A nomination under this paragraph shall be in writing and may apply either to a particular meeting or to all meetings during a stated period or until the nomination is revoked.
(6)
A person shall not act as deputy for more than one member of a flood defence committee.
(7)
Nothing in this paragraph shall entitle a person to attend and vote at a meeting of a local flood defence committee by reason of his nomination as deputy for a member of a regional flood defence committee.