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Membership of committees and of joint committees.
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39.—(1) (a) The members of a committee shall be appointed by resolution of the local authority by which it was established.
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(b) A committee shall consist of such number of persons (not being less than 3) as the local authority by which it was established considers appropriate and may, subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), at the discretion of the local authority by which it was established, consist either wholly of persons who are members of that authority or partly of persons who are, and partly of persons who are not, such members.
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(c) A person who is not a member of the local authority concerned shall not be appointed to be a member of a committee unless, in the opinion of the authority, he is a person having knowledge, qualifications or experience relevant to the functions of the committee.
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(d) Not less than one-third of the persons appointed to be members of a committee shall be persons who are members of the local authority by which it was established.
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(2) (a) The members of a joint committee shall be appointed by the local authorities by which it was established in the following manner, that is to say, each such authority shall appoint such number of persons to be members of the joint committee as may be agreed upon by those authorities.
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(b) A joint committee shall consist of such number of persons (not being less than 6) as shall be agreed upon by the local authorities by which it was established and may, subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), at the discretion of those authorities, be composed either wholly of persons who are members of those authorities or partly of persons who are, and partly of persons who are not, such members.
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(c) A person who is not a member of one of the local authorities concerned shall not be appointed to be a member of a joint committee unless, in the opinion of the authority by which he is so appointed, he possesses knowledge, qualifications or experience relevant to the functions of the joint committee.
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(d) Not less than one-third of the persons appointed by any local authority to be members of a joint committee shall be persons who are members of that authority.
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(3) A person who is a member of a committee or a joint committee shall not be entitled to vote in respect of the performance of a function of a local authority that has been delegated to the committee or joint committee unless he is a member of the local authority by which he was appointed to be a member of the committee or joint committee.
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