# Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Paragraph 4

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In sections 15 to 17 of this Act and this Schedule—
“advisory committee”, in relation to a relevant authority,means a committee appointed by the authority under section 102(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 or section 57(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (advisory committees);
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“membership”, in relation to a relevant authority, means the number of persons who are for the time being members of the authority, disregarding any person who is treated as continuing to be a member of the authority by virtue of section 3(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 (chairman to continue as a member until replaced);
“ordinary committee”—
(a)in relation to any relevant authority in England and Wales, means any committee of the authority appointed under section 102(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972, not being a body to which section 15 of this Act applies by virtue of paragraph 2 above; and
(b)in relation to any relevant authority in Scotland, means . . . any committee of the authority appointed under section 57(1)(a) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;
“relevant authority”—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, means a local authority of any of the descriptions specified in paragraphs (a) to (c), (f) or (h) to (jba) of section 21(1)of this Act; and
(b)in relation to Scotland, means a local authority;
and
“seat”, in relation to a body to which section 15 of this Act applies, means such a position as a member of that body as—
(a)entitles the person holding the position to vote at meetings of the body on any question which falls to be decided at such a meeting; and
(b)in the case of a position as member of an advisory committee or of a sub-committee appointed by an advisory committee, is not a position which the authority or committee have determined must be filled by the appointment of a person who is not a member of the authority.
(2) In this Schedule—
“ordinary sub-committee”—
(a)in relation to any relevant authority in England and Wales, means any sub-committee of the authority’s . . . social services committee or any other sub-committee of that authority appointed under section102(1)(c) of the Local Government Act 1972 by an ordinary committee of that authority; and
(b)in relation to any relevant authority in Scotland, means any sub-committee of an ordinary committee;
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(3) References in this paragraph to voting include references to making use of a casting vote.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/42/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-housing-act-1989/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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