Regulation 6 Exception to the application of section 15

In Part IV before regulation 17 insert–

“Area committees and sub-committees

16A

Section 15 of the 1989 Act shall not apply to any ordinary committee or advisory committee of an authority which is a county, district or London borough council or to a sub-committee of any such ordinary or advisory committee, where–

(a)

that committee or sub-committee was established exclusively–

(i)

to discharge functions of the authority, or

(ii)

to advise the authority or any committee of the authority,

in respect of part of the area of the authority;

(b)

all the voting members of the committee or sub-committee who are members of the council have been elected for electoral divisions or wards which are wholly or partly within that part; and

(c)

either–

(i)

the area of that part does not exceed two-fifths of the total area of the authority, or

(ii)

the population of that part, as estimated by the authority, does not exceed two-fifths of the total population of the area of the authority as so estimated.”.

In regulation 19 omit paragraph (c).