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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 5 applied (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), art. 9(8)
C2Pt. 5 applied (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), art. 20(6)
C3Pt. 5 (ss. 79-100) applied (12.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/867, reg. 11(6)
Pt. 5 (ss. 79-100) applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)
C4Pt. 5 applied (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
C5Pt. 5 applied (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
C6Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/649), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
C7Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 36(1)
C8Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 21(1)
C9Pt. 5 applied (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 15(1)
C10Pt. 5 applied (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 17(1)
C11Pt. 5 applied (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 18(1)
[F1(1)]Where a member of a local authority—
(a)ceases to be qualified to be a member of the authority; or
(b)becomes disqualified for being a member of the authority otherwise than [F2under [F3section 80A(1)(c) of this Act,] section 79 of the Local Government Act 2000 or section 34 of the Localism Act 2011 or by virtue of], a conviction or a breach of any provision of Part II of the M1[F4Representation of the People Act 1983] [F5, or by virtue of an order under section 30 of the Elections Act 2022]; or
(c)ceases to be a member of the authority by reason of failure to attend meetings of the authority;
the authority shall, except in any case in which a declaration has been made by the High Court under this Part of this Act, forthwith declare his office to be vacant.
[F6(2)In this section “local authority” includes a joint authority [F7, an economic prosperity board] [F8, a combined authority and a combined county authority] F9 ... ]
Textual Amendments
F1The provisions of s. 86 become s. 86(1) by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 8
F2Words in s. 86(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2015) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 5; S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)
F3Words in s. 86(1)(b) inserted (17.11.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 2 para. 1(4); S.I. 2021/1249, art. 2(b) (with art. 4)
F4Words substituted by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), Sch. 8 para. 12
F5Words in s. 86(1)(b) inserted (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 10 para. 2(3); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(k)
F6S. 86(2) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 8
F7Words in s. 86(2) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 119, 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 14; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)
F8Words in s. 86(2) substituted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 27 (with s. 247)
F9Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C12S. 86: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1
C13S. 86 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), arts. 1(2), 11
C14S. 86 applied (with modifications) (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 42
C15S. 86 applied (with modifications) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 40
C16S. 86 applied (with modifications) (21.3.2024) by The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 12
C17S. 86(1)(b) amended by: Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984 (c. 53, SIF 81:1), s. 10(2); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 92(7); and Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 191(5), 231(7), 235(6)
C18S. 86(2) amended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 1(d)
C19S. 86(2) modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(d)
Marginal Citations