The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Exception to application of section 15 of 1989 Act

4.—(1) In regulation 16A (area committees and sub-committees)(1), number the existing words as paragraph (1) and for paragraph (1)(b) substitute—

“(b) all the voting members of the committee or sub-committee who are members of the council or, in either of the cases falling within paragraph (2) below, of another council have been elected for electoral divisions or wards which are wholly or partly within that part;”.

(2) At the end of regulation 16A add—

“(2) The cases mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) above are—

(a) a committee or sub-committee of a county council established in respect of a part of the county comprising the whole or part of one or more districts within the county and whose members include members of the council of the district or, as the case may be, districts; or

(b) a committee or sub-committee of a district council whose members include members of the council of the county in which the district is situated.”.

(3) After regulation 16A, add—

“Joint area committees of county and district councils

16B.— (1) Section 15 of the 1989 Act shall not apply to a joint committee where—

(a) the relevant authorities appointing the joint committee are the councils of a county in England and of one or more districts in the county;

(b) the joint committee is established exclusively to discharge functions in respect of an area comprising the whole or part of one or more such districts;

(c) at least one member elected for each electoral division or ward which is wholly or partly within that area is appointed a voting member of the joint committee by each relevant authority; and

(d) not more than two of the voting members of the joint committee appointed by each relevant authority have been elected for electoral divisions or wards which are outside that area.

(2) In this regulation, “joint committee” means a body described in paragraph 2(1)(h) of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act.”.

(1)

Regulation 16A was inserted by regulation 6 of S.I. 1991/1398.