Article 11 First meetings of authorities

(1)

The first meeting of an authority established by this order shall be held within ten days after 1st January 1986 and shall be treated as an annual meeting for the purposes of section 34(2) of the Local Government Act 1985 (chairman, vice-chairman and clerk) as applied by article 4(1)(c).

(2)

Section 86(2) to (6), (7)(b) and (8) of the Local Government Act 1985 (procedure for first meeting) shall have effect in relation to an authority established by this order as if—

(a)

references to a new authority were references to an authority established by this order;

(b)

references to the relevant council were references to the council to which notice under article 3(2) is to be given; and

(c)

the reference to section 86(1) were a reference to paragraph (1) above.

(3)

Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 (meetings and proceedings of local authorities) as applied by article 10 shall have effect subject to this article, and in particular paragraph 4(2) of that Schedule shall not require notice of the first meeting of an authority established by this order to be published at the authority's offices or summonses to attend the meeting to be signed by the proper officer of that authority.