Article 12 Special provisions relating to the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

The members of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority appointed by the council of the metropolitan district of Wigan shall not be entitled to vote on any matter exclusively relating to the authority's waste disposal functions.

The amount to be levied by the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority in respect of any year from the council of the metropolitan district of Wigan shall not include any amount relating to the authority's waste disposal functions and, accordingly, that amount shall be borne by the other constituent councils of the authority in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of agreement, in proportion to the populations of their respective areas and article 7(2) shall apply with necessary modifications.

In this article—

• “population” has the meaning given by article 7(3); and

• “waste disposal functions” means functions vested in the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority by Schedule 2 which are not exercisable by the authority in the metropolitan district of Wigan.