# Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, Section 16: Declaration required of persons who are not members of council

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person who—
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-16
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