PART 4Additional functions

Incidental provisions

13.  Section 13 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989(1) (voting rights of members of certain committees) shall have effect as if—

(a)in subsection (4) after paragraph (h) there were inserted—

(i)subject to subsection (4A), a committee appointed by the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority;; and

(b)after subsection (4) there were inserted—

(4A) A person who is a member of a committee falling within paragraph (i) of subsection (4) or a sub-committee appointed by such a committee shall for all purposes be treated as a non-voting member of that committee or sub-committee unless that person—

(a)is a member of one of the constituent councils as defined by article 2 of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014; or

(b)is given voting rights by resolution of the Combined Authority in accordance with paragraph 4(6) of Schedule 1 to that Order.