Government of Wales Act 1998

Cessation of membership of Partnership Council

4(1)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person appointed as a member of the Partnership Council shall remain a member until the end of the day before the ordinary election following his appointment.

(2)A person appointed as a member of the Partnership Council may resign at any time.

(3)A person appointed as a member of the Partnership Council under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 shall cease to be a member if—

(a)he ceases to be an Assembly member, or

(b)he is removed from membership of the Partnership Council by the Assembly.

(4)A person appointed as a member of the Partnership Council under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph shall cease to be a member if he ceases to be eligible for appointment under that paragraph.

(5)Where the appointment of a person as a member of the Partnership Council under that paragraph was notified under paragraph 3(7) to an authority or association—

(a)the authority or association may require the Assembly to remove him from membership, and

(b)he shall cease to be a member on being removed from membership by the Assembly in compliance with that requirement.

(6)A person—

(a)whose appointment as a member of the Partnership Council was notified under paragraph 3(7) to an authority within paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (7) of section 113, and

(b)who was, on appointment, a member of the authority,

shall cease to be a member of the Partnership Council if he ceases to be a member of the authority (even though he remains a member of an authority within paragraph (a) of that subsection).

(7)The Assembly may not delegate the function of removing a person from membership of the Partnership Council under sub-paragraph (3)(b) or (5)(b).