SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 11 Relations with local government: supplementary
Part I The Partnership Council
Membership of Partnership Council
1
1
The members of the Partnership Council shall be appointed by the Assembly.
2
Appointments to membership of the Partnership Council shall be made as soon as is reasonably practicable after each ordinary election but in any event so that a meeting of the Partnership Council can be held as required by paragraph 5(2).
3
The Assembly may at any time make an appointment to fill a casual vacancy in the membership of the Partnership Council.
4
The Assembly may not delegate the function of appointing members of the Partnership Council.
2
1
The Assembly shall appoint as members of the Partnership Council—
a
such number of Assembly members, and
b
such number of members of local authorities in Wales,
as the Assembly considers appropriate.
2
The number of members of the Partnership Council who have been appointed under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) shall at no time exceed the number who have been appointed under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph (unless the excess is due to casual vacancies which are temporarily unfilled).
3
A member of an authority within paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (7) of section 113 may only be appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(b) if he is also a member of an authority within paragraph (a) of that subsection.
4
A person may not be appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(b) if he is also an Assembly member.