# The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2024, Paragraph 1: Membership


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), each constituent council must appoint one of its elected members to be a member of the Combined County Authority.
(2) Lancashire County Council must appoint two of its elected members to be members of the Combined County Authority and designate one of them as the lead member.
(3) Each constituent council must appoint another two of its elected members to act as members of the Combined County Authority in the absence of any of the members they appointed under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) (“substitute member”).
(4) Only one substitute member may replace a member appointed under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) at any time.
(5) A person ceases to be a member or substitute member of the Combined County Authority if they cease to be a member of the constituent council that appointed them.
(6) A person may resign as a member or substitute member of the Combined County Authority by written notice served on the proper officer of the constituent council that appointed them, and the resignation takes effect on receipt of the notice by the proper officer of the council.
(7) Where a member or substitute member of the Combined County Authority’s appointment ceases by virtue of sub-paragraph (5) or (6) the constituent council that made the appointment must, as soon as practicable, give written notice of that fact to the Combined County Authority and appoint another of its elected members in that person’s place.
(8) A constituent council may at any time terminate the appointment of a member or substitute member appointed by it to the Combined County Authority and appoint another one of its elected members in that person’s place.
(9) Where a constituent council exercises its power under sub-paragraph (8), it must give written notice of the new appointment and the termination of the previous appointment to the Combined County Authority and the new appointment takes effect and the previous appointment terminates at the end of one week from the date on which the notice is given or such longer period not exceeding one month as is specified in the notice.
(10) The term “proper officer” in this paragraph is to be construed as a reference to an officer appointed by the relevant constituent council for that purpose.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348266207/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lancashire-combined-county-authority-regulations-2024/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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