Paragraph 3

Northern Ireland

C1(1)

The members of the Council shall be appointed in F1the year 2011 and in every fourth year thereafter and shall be appointed as soon as possible after the date on which a local general election is held in that year under section 11(2) of the Electoral Law Act 1962 c.14 (Northern Ireland) 1962, and—

(a)

persons appointed to the Council shall become members of the Council from such date as shall be specified in their appointment;

(b)

subject to sub-paragraph (2), the appointments shall cease to have effect after the day preceding that from which the next subsequent appointments made under this paragraph are effective.

(2)

Where a person appointed under paragraph 1( a) is a member of a district council at the date of his appointment to the Drainage Council, he shall, if he ceases to be a member of the district council, cease to be a member of the Drainage Council, but no such cessation shall take effect until that person's successor is appointed.

(3)

A member whose term of office has expired may be re-appointed.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) substituted (12.2.2009) by Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/225), arts. 1(1), 4(2)

Modifications

C1: Sch. 1 para. 3(1) applied (with modifications) (12.12.2013) by The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3156), arts. 1(1), 7