PART 6OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY

CHAPTER 2GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEES

86Termination of membership on ceasing to be member of authority

(1)

This section applies to a person (P) who is—

(a)

appointed to be a member of F1a governance and audit committee of a local authority, and

(b)

is a member of the authority at the time of that appointment.

(2)

If P ceases to be a member of the authority, P also ceases to be a member of the F2governance and audit committee.

(3)

But subsection (2) does not apply if P—

(a)

ceases to be a member of the authority by reason of retirement, and

(b)

is re-elected a member of the authority not later than the day of retirement.

(4)

Subsection (3) is subject to the standing orders of the authority or the F3governance and audit committee.