Regulation 8 Establishment and membership of statutory transition committees

Subject to paragraph (2), a vacancy on a statutory transition committee shall be filled by a councillor nominated from the predecessor council of which the vacating member is a councillor.

In respect of the statutory transition committee in relation to the new council for the district of Belfast, where a position is vacated by a member who is a councillor of Castlereagh Borough Council or Lisburn City Council, the vacancy shall be filled by a councillor appointed by that member’s council.

 A vacancy on a statutory transition committee shall be filled as soon as is practicable.