SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5 Membership and proceedings of regional and local flood defence committees
F2Part I Membership of flood defence committees
Vacation of office by disqualifying event
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1
The office of a member of a flood defence committee shall become vacant upon the fulfilment of any of the following conditions, that is to say—
a
the person holding that office is adjudged bankrupt, is a person whose estate is sequestrated or makes a composition or arrangement with, or grants a trust deed for, his creditors;
b
that person is convicted, in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, of any offence and has passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;
c
d
that person has, for a period of six consecutive months been absent from meetings of the committee, otherwise than by reason of illness or some other cause approved during the period by the committee.
2
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d) above, the attendance of a member of a flood defence committee—
a
at a meeting of any sub-committee of the committee of which he is a member, or
b
at any joint committee to which he has been appointed by that committee,
shall be treated as attendance at a meeting of the committee.
Sch. 5 repealed (E.W.) (1.4.2011) by Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29), s. 49(3), Sch. 2 para. 53 (with s. 49(1)(6)); S.I. 2011/694, art. 3(i) (with art. 5(2))