Section 15 Disqualification for membership of committeesI1
(1)
A person who is disqualified for being elected or being a member of a council is disqualified for being—
(a)
a member of any committee or sub-committee of that council;
(b)
a representative of that council on any joint committee; and
(c)
a member of a sub-committee of a joint committee on which that council is represented.
(2)
Section 6 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (penalties for acting while disqualified) applies to members of a committee or sub-committee of a council who are not councillors as it applies to councillors.
(3)
Subsection (1) applies whether the committee or joint committee is appointed under this Part or otherwise.
Annotations
Commencement
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S. 15 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2