Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014

Joint committees: further provisions

14.—(1) The councils which appoint a joint committee must pay its expenses—

(a) in such proportions as they may agree upon; or

(b) if they fail to agree, as may be determined by the Department.

(2) The Department, on the application of the councils which appoint a joint committee, may by order make provision for the purpose of—

(a) constituting the joint committee a body corporate by the name specified in the order;

(b) fixing the functions of the body corporate so constituted;

(c) applying to that body any statutory provision, subject to the modifications (if any) specified in the order;

(d) providing for the winding-up and dissolution of any body corporate so constituted.

(3) A member of a joint committee or a sub-committee of a joint committee who is not a member of a council has the same exemption from personal liability as a member of a council.