The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/500
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st March 1999.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990 are amended–

(a) in regulation 5 (sub-committees where persons may have voting rights), by the substitution–

(i) in paragraph (1)(a), of “mentioned or referred to in regulation 4” for “mentioned in regulation 4”; and

(ii) in paragraph (2)(c), of “mentioned or referred to in regulation 4(1)” for “mentioned in regulation 4(1)”; and

(b) in regulation 16B (joint area committees of county and district councils) by the substitution for sub-paragraphs (c) and (d), of the following–

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

(d) each district council which is a relevant authority for those purposes appoints as voting members at least the same number of members of the district council as has been appointed by the county council in accordance with sub-paragraph (c); but–

(i) no district council member may be so appointed unless he is elected for a district ward which is wholly or partly within the area in respect of which the joint committee’s functions are discharged; and

(ii) nothing in this sub-paragraph shall require the appointment of any district council member who is not so elected;

(e) 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.

Section 3 Revocation of Regulations

Regulation 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Local Government (Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 are revoked.