Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972

Section 2.

SCHEDULE 2 Joint Advisory Committees and Sub-Committees

PART I

Joint Advisory Committees

1 Any two or more local planning authorities may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, concur in establishing a joint advisory committee for the purpose of advising those authorities as to the preparation of structure plans and local plans and generally as to the planning of development in their districts; and any such committee shall be constituted in such manner as may be determined by the authorities by whom it is established:

Provided that a majority of the members of any such committee shall be members of one or other of those authorities.

2 If it appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient that a joint advisory committee or any two or more local planning authorities should be established in accordance with the last foregoing paragraph, he may, after consultation with those authorities, by order establish such a committee, and any such order may—

(a) provide for the reference to the committee of such matters as may be specified in the order;

(b) make such incidental and consequential provisions (including provision for the payment of expenses of the committee and the transfer and compensation of officers), as appear to the Secretary of State to be expedient

3 Any power conferred by this Part of this Schedule to establish and constitute a joint advisory committee shall include power to dissolve or alter the constitution of such committee and to vary the reference to the committee.

PART II

Sub-Committees

1 Any committee established by a local planning authority for the discharge of their functions under this Act may, subject to any restrictions imposed by that authority, and shall if so required by that authority—

(a) establish such sub-committees as the committee (hereinafter referred to as "the planning committee") or the local planning authority may determine; and

(b) authorise any such sub-committee to exercise on their behalf any functions of the planning committee,

and any such sub-committee shall be constituted in such manner as may be determined (subject to any such restrictions as aforesaid) by the planning committee or by the local planning authority, but not less than two-thirds of the members of any such committee shall' be members of the local planning authority or of a local authority for any area forming part of the district of the local planning authority.

2 The power conferred by the last foregoing paragraph to establish and constitute sub-committees or to authorise such sub-committees to exercise any functions shall include power to dissolve or alter the constitution of such sub-committees and to vary any such authorisation.

3 The provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall, with any necessary modifications, apply in relation to a joint planning committee appointed in pursuance of a combination of local planning authorities under section 1 of this Act or a joint advisory committee as they apply in relation to a committee to which paragraph 1 of this Part of this Schedule relates.