Membership of Partnership CouncilU.K.
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.