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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-combined-authorities-overview-and-scrutiny-committees-access-to-information-and-audit-committees-order-2016/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111151754",
  "legislation_title": "The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-combined-authorities-overview-and-scrutiny-committees-access-to-information-and-audit-committees-order-2016",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appointment of members",
  "text": "(1) The combined authority must—\n(a) appoint such a number of members of each of the constituent councils to an overview and scrutiny committee, so that the members of the committee taken as a whole reflect so far as reasonably practicable the balance of political parties for the time being prevailing among members of the constituent councils when taken together; and\n(b) within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which an appointment is made to the overview and scrutiny committee, publish a notice that—\n(i) states that it has made an appointment;\n(ii) identifies each member of the committee who has been appointed; and\n(iii) specifies the period for which the members of the committee have been appointed.\n(2) The notice mentioned at paragraph (1)(b) must be published—\n(a) if the combined authority has a website, on its website; or\n(b) otherwise, in such manner as it thinks is likely to bring the notice to the attention of persons who live in its area.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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