Section 14: Voting rights of members of certain committees: Scotland., Local Government and Housing Act 1989

Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person who—

is a member of a committee appointed under subsection (1) of section 57of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 by a relevant authority and is not a member of that authority;

is a member of a joint committee appointed under that subsection by two or more relevant authorities and is not a member of any of those authorities; or

is a member of a sub-committee appointed under that subsection by such a committee as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above and is not a member of the relevant authority, or one of the relevant authorities, which appointed that committee,

shall for all purposes be treated as a non-voting member of that committee, joint committee or, as the case may be, sub-committee.

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Nothing in subsection (1) above shall require a person to be treated as a non-voting member of a committee or sub-committee falling within subsection (5) below; but, except—

in the case of a sub-committee appointed by a committee falling within paragraph (b) of that subsection; and

in such cases as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State,

a person who is a member of a sub-committee falling within that subsection shall for all purposes be treated as a non-voting member of that sub-committee unless he is a member of the committee which appointed the sub-committee.

A committee or sub-committee falls within this subsection if it is—

a committee established in accordance with any regulations made by virtue of section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (regulations making provision for the superannuation of persons employed in local government service etc.);

a committee appointed under section 57(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (appointment of advisory committees by local authorities);

a committee constituted in accordance with Schedule A1 to the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (appeal committees for hearing placing and other appeals);

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a committee established exclusively for the purpose of discharging such functions of a relevant authority as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

a sub-committee appointed by a committee falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) or (e) above or such a sub-committee as is so prescribed.

Nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment as a voting member of—

a committee such as is mentioned in subsection (1) of section 124 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (committees appointed by education authority); or

a joint committee of two or more authorities whose purposes include either of those mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection; or

any sub-committee of such a committee or joint committee,

of a person such as is mentioned in subsection (4) of the said section 124.

Where a person is treated by virtue of this section as a non-voting member of any committee, joint committee or sub-committee, he shall not be entitled to vote at any meeting of the committee, joint committee or sub-committee on any question which falls to be decided at that meeting; and the reference in subsection (6) above to a voting member, in relation to any such committee, joint committee or sub-committee as is mentioned in that subsection, is a reference to a person who is entitled to vote at any meeting of that committee, joint committee or sub-committee on any question which falls to be decided at that meeting.

In the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973—

in section 57(3), the words from "but at least" onwards (which require at least two-thirds of certain committees to be members of the appointing authority or authorities);

section 124(5);

in section 161(6), the words from "but at least" onwards (which make corresponding provision in relation to a social work committee);

in Schedule 10, paragraph 11 (which requires at least half of a joint education committee to be members of the appointing authorities);

in Schedule 20, paragraph 10 (which requires at least two-thirds of a joint social work committee to be members of the appointing authorities),

shall be omitted.

In this section "relevant authority" means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; and references in this section to voting include references to making use of a casting vote.

Section 14: Voting rights of members of certain committees: Scotland.

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