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Regulation 3 Term of office of members

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(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation and to regulations 7 and 8 (disqualification for, and termination of, membership), the term of office of any member shall be four years commencing—

(a)

in the case of a Council whose district is situated in England, on 1st September; and

(b)

in the case of a Council whose district is situated in Wales, on 1st April,

  • in any year.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (4), as respects the members first appointed on the establishment of a Council—

(a)

the term of office of certain of those members, to be identified in accordance with paragraph (3), shall end on the relevant date in the first even year; and

(b)

the term of office of the other members shall end on the relevant date in the next even year which falls after the firest even year.

(3)

The members whose term of office is to expire in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) shall be chosen at the time of their appointment by agreement between the appointing bodies or, in default of such agreement, by the Secretary of State; and those members shall comprise one half (as near as may be) of the members appointed by each of the following categories of appointing authority:—

(a)

the relevant local authorities;

(b)

the voluntary organisations; and

(c)

the Secretary of State.

(4)

Where a new Council is to be established for the district or part of the district of an existing Council, the Secretary of State may determine that the term of office of any member of the existing Council shall cease immediately before the establishment of the new Council.

(5)

Subject to regulation 8(1), where a person (“the original member”) ceases for any reason to be a member before the expiration of the term for which he was appointed, the term of office of any member appointed or member re-appointed in his place shall be the unexpired period of the original member’s term.

(6)

In this regulation—

  • “even year” means any calendar year which is a multiple of two;

  • “first even year” means the next even year falling after the calendar year in which a Council is established.