Planning Act 2008

Council

7 (1) The chair may appoint a Commissioner not within paragraph 6(4)(a) or (b) to be an ordinary member of the Council—

(a) for a particular purpose or for particular purposes,

(b) for all purposes, or

(c) for all purposes other than any specified on making the appointment.

(2) The chair may at any time end a person’s appointment as an ordinary member of the Council.

(3) A person may resign from being an ordinary member of the Council by giving notice in writing to the Commission.

(4) The power under sub-paragraph (2) may be exercised, and a person may under sub-paragraph (3) resign, in relation to all, or some one or more, of the purposes for which the person is an ordinary member of the Council.

(5) A person ceases to be an ordinary member of the Council if the person ceases to be a Commissioner.

(6) The power under sub-paragraph (1) is to be exercised so as to secure that the Council has for any particular purpose at least 5, but no more than 9, members in total.

(7) The Council’s continuing identity for any particular purpose is to be taken not to be affected by—

(a) a person ceasing to be a member of the Council for that purpose, so long as there continue to be at least 5 people who are members of the Council for that purpose;

(b) any change in the person chairing the Council.