Paragraph 4

Scotland

(1)

The first meeting of each new council shall be held within twenty-one days immediately following the day of election.

(2)

The first meeting shall be convened by a person designated—

(a)

in a case where there is a committee for the area established under section 230 of this Act, by the committee; and

(b)

in any other case, by the Secretary of State;

and shall be held at such place as the said person may appoint.

(3)

The notice of the meeting required by paragraph 2(1)

of Schedule 7 to this Act shall, in the case of the first meeting, be published at the place where the meeting is to be held, and the summons to attend the meeting required by that paragraph shall be signed by the person designated as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above.

Notes on Schedule 2

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(d), Sch. 2