Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

Part VE+W General Provisions as to Members and Proceedings of Local Authorities

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)

Acceptance, resignation and vacation of office, and casual vacanciesE+W

90 Term of office of persons filling casual vacancies.E+W

A person elected or appointed under the foregoing provisions of this Act in England or Wales [F1or under Part F2. . . IV of the Local Government Act 1985] to fill any casual vacancy F3. . . shall hold office until the date upon which the person in whose place he is elected [F1or appointed] would regularly have retired, and he shall then retire.

Textual Amendments

F1Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 11

F2Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), Sch. 13 Pt. I

F3Words in s. 90 repealed (22.4.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1}

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12S. 90 amended by S.I. 1985/1884, arts. 10, 11(3), Sch. 3 para. 2

C13S. 90 modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 4