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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-overview-and-scrutiny-committees-health-scrutiny-functions-regulations-2002/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-overview-and-scrutiny-committees-health-scrutiny-functions-regulations-2002/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3048",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority (Overview and Scrutiny Committees Health Scrutiny Functions) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-overview-and-scrutiny-committees-health-scrutiny-functions-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Co-option",
  "text": "(1) A county council for any area may arrange for one or more of the members of an overview and scrutiny committee of the council for a district comprised in that area to be appointed as—\n(a) a member of an overview and scrutiny committee of the county council or another local authority, for the purposes of relevant functions of the committee in relation to the county council; or\n(b) a member of an overview and scrutiny committee of the county council, for the purposes of relevant functions of the committee in relation to another local authority.\n(2) A county council making an arrangement for an appointment under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) above may specify that the appointment is—\n(a) for the life of the overview and scrutiny committee; or\n(b) until such time as it decides to terminate the appointment; or\n(c) for the review or scrutiny of a particular matter.\n(3) In this regulation, references to an overview and scrutiny committee of a county council include references to a joint overview and scrutiny committee of the council and another local authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3048/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:36:52.426693+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}