PART 5LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNCTIONS: DISCHARGE BY COMMITTEES AND COUNCILLORS
Area committees
55Area covered and membership
1
Section 18 of the Local Government Act 2000 (discharge of functions by area committees) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (3), for the definition of “area committee” substitute—
“area committee” means—
a
in relation to a local authority in England, a committee or sub-committee of the authority which satisfies the conditions in subsection (4);
b
in relation to a local authority in Wales, a committee or sub-committee of the authority which satisfies the conditions in subsection (6);
3
In subsection (4), after “a local authority” insert “
in England
”
.
4
After subsection (5) insert—
6
A committee or sub-committee of a local authority in Wales satisfies the conditions in this subsection if—
a
the committee or sub-committee is established to discharge functions in respect of part of the area of the authority,
b
that part consists of the whole of one or more electoral divisions of the authority,
c
all the members of the authority who are elected for that electoral division, or those electoral divisions, are entitled to be members of the committee or sub-committee,
d
no members of the authority, other than those mentioned in paragraph (c), may be members of the committee or sub-committee, and
e
either or both of the conditions in subsection (7) are satisfied in relation to that part.
7
Those conditions are—
a
that the area of that part does not exceed one-half of the total area of the authority;
b
that the population of that part, as estimated by the authority, does not exceed one-half of the total population of the area of the authority as so estimated.