Explanatory note

Section 13(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 prevents members of local authority committees and sub-committees having voting rights if they are not members of the parent authority. These Regulations provide for exceptions to that rule in relation to parish and community councils. The rule is not to apply to a committee established exclusively to discharge one of the functions described (regulation 3). Neither does it apply to members of a sub-committee established exclusively to discharge such a function, and in addition a member of such a sub-committee may have a vote without being a member of the committee which appointed the sub-committee (regulation 4).