Section 14 Joint committees: further provisionsI1

(1)

The councils which appoint a joint committee must pay its expenses—

(a)

in such proportions as they may agree upon; or

(b)

if they fail to agree, as may be determined by the Department.

(2)

The Department, on the application of the councils which appoint a joint committee, may by order make provision for the purpose of—

(a)

constituting the joint committee a body corporate by the name specified in the order;

(b)

fixing the functions of the body corporate so constituted;

(c)

applying to that body any statutory provision, subject to the modifications (if any) specified in the order;

(d)

providing for the winding-up and dissolution of any body corporate so constituted.

(3)

A member of a joint committee or a sub-committee of a joint committee who is not a member of a council has the same exemption from personal liability as a member of a council.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 14 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2