# The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990, Regulation 16A: Area committees and sub-committees in England


(1) Section 15 of the 1989 Act shall not apply to any ordinary committee or advisory committee of an authority in England 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 or, in either of the cases falling within paragraph (2) below, of another council have been elected for electoral divisions or wards which are wholly or partly within that part;
(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.
(2) The cases mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) above are—
(a) a committee or sub-committee of a county council established in respect of a part of the county comprising the whole or part of one or more districts within the county and whose members include members of the council of the district or, as the case may be, districts; or
(b) a committee or sub-committee of a district council whose members include members of the council of the county in which the district is situated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1553/regulation/16A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-committees-and-political-groups-regulations-1990/regulation-16A
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