Appointment of committees
4. In section 102 of the 1972 Act(1) (appointment of committees)—
(a)after subsection (1), there shall be inserted—
“(1A) For the purpose of discharging any function in pursuance of arrangements made under regulations made under section 18 of the Local Government Act 2000 (discharge of functions by area committees)—
(a)a local authority may appoint a committee of the authority; or
(b)any such committee may appoint one or more sub-committees.”(2);
(b)in subsections (2) and (3), after “subsection (1)”, in each place where those words appear, there shall be inserted “or (1A)”; and
(c)in subsection (4), after the words “to advise the appointing authority or authorities”, there shall be inserted the words “, or, where the appointing authority or each of the authorities operate executive arrangements, any executive of that or those authorities, or a committee or member of that executive,”.
Section 102(1) was amended by paragraph 31(1) of Schedule 13 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41). There are other amendments to section 102 which are not relevant to this Order.
See regulation 6 of the Local Authorities (Arrangement for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2851).