Voting rights of members of joint committees6.

(1)

In section 13 of the 1989 Act8 (voting rights of members of certain committees: England and Wales)—

(a)

after subsection (5), there shall be inserted—

“(5A)

Nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment of a council manager of a local authority, or one other officer of that local authority in that person’s place, as a voting member of a joint committee, or a sub-committee of such a committee, where—

(a)

that local authority have a mayor and council manager executive9; and

(b)

the joint committee or the sub-committee has been appointed for the purpose of discharging functions which, as respects that local authority, are the responsibility of that executive.”; and

(b)

in subsection (9), after the words “In this section -”, there shall be inserted—

  • ““council manager”, “executive” and “mayor and council manager executive” have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000 (arrangements with respect to executives etc.); and”.

(2)

In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act (executive arrangements: further provision (Mayor and council manager executives))—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (10), for the words “sub-paragraph (11)”, there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraphs (11) and (12A)”; and

(b)

after sub-paragraph (12), there shall be inserted—

“(12A)

The council manager of a local authority is entitled to vote at a meeting of a joint committee, or sub-committee of such a committee, if—

(a)

that joint committee or sub-committee has been appointed for the purpose of discharging functions which, as respects that local authority, are the responsibility of the executive of the local authority; and

(b)

the council manager is a member of that joint committee or sub-committee.”.