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Section 31 Replacement of members.C2C3C1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A constituent council may at any time terminate the appointment of a person appointed by it to a joint authority and appoint another member of the council in his place.

(2)

Where a constituent council exercises its powers under this section—

(a)

it shall give notice of the new appointment and of the termination of the previous appointment to the authority to which those appointments were made; and

(b)

subject to F1subsection (3) below and to section 32(5) below, the new appointment shall take effect, and the previous appointment shall terminate, at the end of one month from the date on which the notice is given.

F2(3)

Where a constituent council exercises its powers under this section to replace a person who has continued to be a member of a joint authority by virtue of section 32(1A) below and notice is given not later than seven days after the council’s annual meeting next following his retirement and re-election, his appointment shall terminate and the new appointment shall take effect upon the notice being given.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words inserted by Local Government Act 1986 (c.10, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 10(2)

F2

S. 31(3) added by Local Government Act 1986 (c.10, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 10(2)

Modifications

C1

S. 31 applied (with modifications) (8.1.1996) by 1995 c. x, s. 44, Sch.

C2

S. 31 amended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 4(1)(a)

C3

S. 31 modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 7(a)

Notes on Part IV

Modifications

C1

Pt. IV (ss. 23–42) extended by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 8