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The Local Government (Transitional, Supplementary, Incidental Provisions and Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

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Nomination

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4.—(1) The total number of places to which a nominating officer of a party may nominate councillors who stood in the name of that party when elected must be calculated in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act and any resolution of the council made thereunder.

(2) A nominating officer’s function under paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act shall be exercised in such a manner as to ensure that—

(a)all members of a committee are not nominated by the same nominating officer;

(b)a nominating officer of a party may nominate councillors who stood in the name of that party to fill the majority of places on a committee, if the majority of councillors stood in the name of that party; and

(c)subject to heads (a) and (b), the number of councillors nominated by each nominating officer of a party, in so far as is reasonably practicable, bears the same proportion to the number of places on that committee as is borne by the number of councillors who stood in the name of that party.

(3) Nominations made in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) shall take into account any positions of responsibility on a committee held by a councillor who stood in the name of a party.

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