Section 16 Declaration required of persons who are not members of councilI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person who—

C1(a)

is a member of a committee appointed under section 11 or 12; but

(b)

is not a member of the council which appointed that committee,

must not act as a member of that committee until the person has made, and served on the clerk of the council, a declaration in the form set out in Schedule 3.

(2)

This section applies to a joint committee and a sub-committee appointed under section 11 or 12 as it applies to a committee appointed under section 11 or 12 except that in relation to a joint committee—

(a)

the reference in subsection (1)(b) to the council which appointed that committee is to be taken as a reference to one of the councils which appointed that joint committee; and

(b)

the reference in subsection (1) to the clerk of the council is to be taken as a reference to the clerk of every council which appointed that joint committee.

Annotations

Modifications

C1: S. 16 applied (with Modifications) (28.5.2014) by The Local Government (Transitional, Supplementary, Incidental Provisions and Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/148), regs. 1(1), 5(4)

Commencement

I1: S. 16 in operation at 2.6.2014 by S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 1