Paragraph 26

In Schedule 7 (which relates to meetings and proceedings of local authorities)—

(a)

for sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(2)
If the chairman is absent from a meeting of the council, the vice-chairman shall preside.
(3)
If the chairman and vice-chairman are absent from a meeting of the council, another member of the council chosen by the members present shall preside.” ; and

(b)

in paragraph 10—

(i)

for sub-paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(1)
Paragraphs 5 to 9 above (except paragraph 7(2)) shall apply in relation to—
(a)
a committee (including a joint committee) of a council and that committee’s members ; or
(b)
a sub-committee of any such committee of a council and that sub-committee’s members,
as those paragraphs apply in relation to a council and that council’s members.” ; and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (2), after the word “members” there shall be inserted the words “recorded under paragraph 6 above as having been ”.

Notes on Schedule 3

Modifications

C1: The text of s. 1, 3, Sch. 3, 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991