Regulation 16 Modification of sections 15 and 16 of the 1989 ActI1

In relation to any such case as is described in paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act, the provisions of sections 15 and 16 of the 1989 Act shall be modified as mentioned in paragraphs (2) and (3).

Section 15(3) of the 1989 Act shall have effect as if for the words from “to determine” to the end there were substituted the words “to determine the allocation to each of those groups of such of the seats which fall to be filled by appointments made from time to time by that authority or committee as bear to the total of all of those seats the same proportion as is borne by the number of members of that group to the membership of the authority.”.

Section 16 of the 1989 Act shall have effect as if, after subsection (2), there were inserted the following subsection—

“(2A)

Where appointments fall to be made to seats on a body to which section 15 applies otherwise than in accordance with a determination under that section, it shall be the duty of the authority or the committee, as the case may be, so to exercise their power to make appointments as to secure that the persons appointed to those seats are not members of any political group.”.