PART 5CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE: SHADOW AUTHORITY, ITS TRANSITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND THEIR DISCHARGE
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1
During the shadow period the Central Bedfordshire Council shall be a shadow authority for the purposes of the following provisions of this Part.
2
Subject to paragraph (5), the members of the shadow authority shall be the persons who, on the coming into force of this Order, are—
a
councillors of the County Council for the Central electoral divisions; or
b
councillors of either of the district councils.
3
Those persons shall be members of the shadow authority throughout the shadow period notwithstanding the dissolution of the County Council and the district councils on 1st April 2009.
4
The proper officer of the Mid Bedfordshire District Council shall convene, and make all necessary arrangement for, the first meeting of the shadow authority, which shall be held not later than 14 days after the coming into force of this Order.
5
Where, after the coming into force of this Order and before 30th September 2008, a by-election is held to fill a casual vacancy arising in any Central electoral division or in any ward of either Mid or South Bedfordshire, the person elected at the election shall be a member of the shadow authority.