SCHEDULES
C7C1C2C3C8C11C13C12C14 SCHEDULE 12 Meetings and Proceedings of Local Authorities
Sch. 12 excluded by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 86(9)
Sch. 12 modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(4)
Sch. 12 applied with modifications by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 160(2)
Sch. 12: power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this Schedule (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4(a)(ii); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)
Sch. 12 modified (E.) (7.9.2013) by The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2014) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2277), arts. 1(1), 5
Sch. 12 modified (E.) (4.4.2020) by The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/392), regs. 1, 6 (with reg. 2(4))
Sch. 12 modified (W.) (22.4.2020) by The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/442), regs. 1(3), 7
Sch. 12 modified (W.) (22.4.2020) by The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/442), regs. 1(3), 6
Sch. 12 modified (E.) (4.4.2020) by The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/392), regs. 1, 6 (with reg. 2(4)) (as amended (1.8.2020) by The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/808), regs. 1, 2(3))
C4C5C10C9C13C12 Part I Principal Councils
Sch. 12 Pt. 1 applied (07.08.1991) by S.I.1991/1773, arts. 6, 8, Sch. 1.
Sch. 12 Pt. 1: certain functions transferred (subject to modifications) (07.08.1991) by S.I.1991/1773, arts. 6, 8, Sch.1.
Sch. 12 Pt. 1 applied (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, arts. 6, 8, Sch. 1.
Sch. 12 Pt. 1: certain functions transferred (subject to modifications) (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, arts. 6, 8, Sch. 1.
Sch. 12 Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (E.) (24.3.2011) by The Hull and Goole Port Health Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/939), arts. 1(1), 7, Sch. 1
Sch. 12 Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 8, Sch. 1
C65
1
At a meeting of a principal council the chairman, if present, shall preside.
2
If the chairman is absent from a meeting of a principal council, then—
a
F1. . ., the vice-chairman of the council, if present, shall preside;
F2b
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c
in the case of a London borough council, the deputy mayor, if at that time he remains a councillor F3. . . and is chosen for that purpose by the members of the council then present, shall preside.
3
If—
a
in the case of a principal council F4. . ., both the chairman and vice-chairman of the council are absent from a meeting of the council;
F5b
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c
in the case of a London borough council, the mayor and deputy mayor are so absent or the deputy mayor being present is not chosen;
another member of the council chosen by the members of the council present shall preside.
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A member of an executive of a principal council F8, or an assistant to the executive, may not be chosen to preside under sub-paragraph (3) above.
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Sub-paragraphs (2)(c) and (3)(c) above do not apply where a London borough council are operating executive arrangements which involve a mayor and cabinet executive F7. . . . ”
Sch. 12 modified (5.11.2008) by The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2857), art. 6