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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5E+W+S Membership and proceedings of regional and local flood defence committees

[F1Part IE+W+S Membership of flood defence committees

Textual Amendments

Appointment of deputiesE+W+S

9(1)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person nominated by one or more constituent councils may act as deputy for a member of a flood defence committee appointed by or on behalf of that council or those councils and may, accordingly, attend and vote at a meeting of the committee, instead of that member.E+W+S

(2)A person nominated under sub-paragraph (1) above as deputy for a member of a flood defence committee may, by virtue of that nomination, attend and vote at a meeting of a sub-committee of that committee which—

(a)has been appointed by that committee under Part II of this Schedule; and

(b)is a committee to which the member for whom he is a deputy belongs.

(3)A person acting as deputy for a member of a flood defence committee shall be treated for the purposes for which he is nominated as a member of that committee.

(4)A person shall not act as deputy for a member of a flood defence committee unless his nomination has been notified to such officer of the Agency as is appointed to receive such nominations.

(5)A nomination under this paragraph shall be in writing and may apply either to a particular meeting or to all meetings during a stated period or until the nomination is revoked.

(6)A person shall not act as deputy for more than one member of a flood defence committee.

(7)Nothing in this paragraph shall entitle a person to attend and vote at a meeting of a local flood defence committee by reason of his nomination as deputy for a member of a regional flood defence committee.]