PART 6General

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1

Having been notified in accordance with Parts 1 to 5 of these Regulations that a member is taking a period of family absence, the head of democratic services must inform each relevant person as soon as is reasonably practicable of that fact.

2

In this regulation “relevant person” (“person perthnasol”) means—

a

the chair of the local authority, or where a local authority has elected a presiding member, the presiding member of that local authority;

b

the chair of the local authority’s Democratic Services Committee; and

c

the leader of each political group of the local authority.