# Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, Section 14: Joint committees: further provisions


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-14
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