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The Local Authorities (Committee System) (England) Regulations 2012

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Voting rights of co-opted members

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11.—(1) A local authority may permit a co-opted member of an overview and scrutiny committee of the authority to vote at meetings of the committee.

(2) Permission under paragraph (1) may only be given in accordance with a scheme made by the local authority.

(3) A scheme for the purposes of this regulation may include—

(a)provision for a maximum or minimum in relation to the number of co-opted members of an overview and scrutiny committee entitled to vote at meetings of the committee; and

(b)provision for giving effect to any maximum or minimum established under sub-paragraph (a).

(4) The power to make a scheme for the purposes of this regulation includes power to vary or revoke such a scheme.

(5) Paragraph 12 of Schedule A1 to the 2000 Act applies to a committee system local authority as it applies to a local authority operating executive arrangements.

(6) In this regulation, references to a co-opted member, in relation to an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority, are to a member of the committee who is not a member of the authority.

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