Part IIGeneral Functions and Procedure

Staff

69Disqualification for membership of London borough councils

In section 80 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (disqualification for election and holding office as member of a local authority) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

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A paid member of staff of the Greater London Authority who is employed under the direction of a joint committee the membership of which includes—

a

one or more persons appointed on the nomination of the Authority acting by the Mayor, and

b

one or more members of one or more London borough councils appointed to the committee on the nomination of those councils,

shall be disqualified for being elected or being a member of any of those London borough councils.