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Regulation 20 Procedure for removal of members by the committeeI1

England and Wales

(1)

This regulation applies in relation to the removal of a member from office in accordance with regulation 19.

(2)

A resolution to remove a member from office which is passed at a meeting of the committee will not have effect unless—

(a)

in relation to the removal of a member who has been nominated by a nominating body, before the committee resolve to remove the member from office, the clerk to the committee gives the reasons for removal provided by the nominating body (as appropriate), and the member whom it is proposed to remove is given an opportunity to make a statement in response;

(b)

in relation to the removal of a community, sponsor or parent member, before the committee resolves to remove the member from office, the member or members proposing the removal state, at that meeting, their reasons for doing so, and the member who it is proposed to remove is given an opportunity to make a statement in response;

(c)

it is confirmed by a resolution passed at a second meeting of the committee held not less than fourteen days after the first meeting; and

(d)

the matter of the member’s removal from office is specified as an item of business on the agenda for each of those meetings.

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Commencement

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Reg. 20 in force at 31.10.2014, see reg. 1(2)