Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014

Disqualification for membership of committeesN.I.

15—(1) A person who is disqualified for being elected or being a member of a council is disqualified for being—

(a)a member of any committee or sub-committee of that council;

(b)a representative of that council on any joint committee; and

(c)a member of a sub-committee of a joint committee on which that council is represented.

(2) Section 6 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (penalties for acting while disqualified) applies to members of a committee or sub-committee of a council who are not councillors as it applies to councillors.

(3) Subsection (1) applies whether the committee or joint committee is appointed under this Part or otherwise.

Commencement Information

I1S. 15 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2