16. The person ceased to be a member of a local authority by virtue of section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972(1) (vacation of office by failure to attend meetings).
1972 c. 70; section 85 was modified by the Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1884), article 10, Schedule 3; subsections (2A) and (2B) were inserted in relation to England by S.I. 2001/2237, article 7(a), and in relation to Wales, by S.I. 2002/808, article 7(a); sub-section (3) was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2001/2237, article 7(b), and in relation to Wales, by S.I. 2002/808, article 7(b); subsection (3A) was inserted by the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), section 107, Schedule 5, paragraph 9, and was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2001/2237, article 7(c), and in relation to Wales, by S.I. 2002/808, article 7(c); sub-section (4) was inserted by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 84, Schedule 14, paragraph 7, and was repealed in part by the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40), section 237, Schedule 13, Part 1; the functions of the Secretary of State under section 85(3), so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672), article 2, Schedule 1; see the entry in Schedule 1 to that Order for the Local Government Act 1972. The functions were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30(1) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).