Version Superseded: 19/12/2000
Point in time view as at 01/01/2000. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Greater London Authority Act 1999, Section 6 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)If an Assembly member fails, throughout a period of six consecutive months from his last attendance, to attend any meeting of the Assembly, he shall cease to be a member of the Assembly.
(2)A person shall not cease to be a member by virtue of subsection (1) above if the failure to attend is due to some reason approved by the Assembly before the expiry of that period.
(3)For the purposes of this section, an Assembly member shall be deemed to have attended a meeting of the Assembly on any occasion on which he attended—
(a)as a member at a meeting of any committee or sub-committee of the Assembly; or
(b)as a representative of the Assembly or the Authority at a meeting of any body of persons.
(4)A person shall not cease to be a member of the Assembly by reason only of a failure to attend meetings of the Assembly if—
(a)he is a member of any branch of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces and is at the time employed during war or any emergency on any naval, military or air force service, or
(b)he is a person whose employment in the service of Her Majesty in connection with war or any emergency is such as, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, to entitle him to relief from disqualification on account of absence,
and the failure to attend is due to that employment.
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