{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-21.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/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Council executives",
  "text": "(1) The executive of a council must take a form specified in subsection (2).\n(2) The executive may consist of—\n(a) a committee of the council (“cabinet-style executive”); or\n(b) more than one committee of the council (“streamlined committee executive”).\n(3) The chair and deputy chair of the council shall be non-voting members of the executive and shall be disregarded for the purpose of subsections (4) and (5).\n(4) A cabinet-style executive must have—\n(a) at least six members; and\n(b) not more than ten members.\n(5) Each committee in a streamlined committee executive must have—\n(a) at least six members; and\n(b) not more than ten members.\n(6) Regulations may amend the number of members specified in subsection (4)(b) or (5)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 21 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/21",
    "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."
}