{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Disqualification for membership of committees",
  "text": "(1) A person who is disqualified for being elected or being a member of a council is disqualified for being—\n(a) a member of any committee or sub-committee of that council;\n(b) a representative of that council on any joint committee; and\n(c) a member of a sub-committee of a joint committee on which that council is represented.\n(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.\n(3) Subsection (1) applies whether the committee or joint committee is appointed under this Part or otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 15 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:21.412545+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."
}