{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-6.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/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Positions of responsibility",
  "text": "(1) In relation to a council the following are positions of responsibility—\n(a) chair of the council;\n(b) deputy chair of the council;\n(c) chair of any committee of the council;\n(d) deputy chair of any committee of the council;\n(e) member of a cabinet-style executive of the council;\n(f) external representative of the council.\n(2) The clerk of a council must maintain a list of the council's positions of responsibility.\n(3) Schedule 1 (positions of responsibility) has effect.\n(4) In this Act “external representative” means a person nominated by the council to serve as a member of any public body.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded by Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 c. 25 (N.I.), s.79(4) (as amended (2.6.2014) by Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 c. 8 (N.I.) Sch. 9 para. 8 (with s. 124(4))); S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 6(1)(f) restricted (28.5.2014) by The Local Government (Transitional, Supplementary, Incidental Provisions and Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/148), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 6(4) restricted (28.5.2014) by The Local Government (Transitional, Supplementary, Incidental Provisions and Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/148), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 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/6",
    "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."
}