NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965

	[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Search] [Feedback]
	Northern Irish Legislation
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Northern Irish Legislation >> NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 32

Committees.

32.(1) Where a municipal functions order is made with respect to a
new town commission the Minister may establish a committee (in this section
referred to as "the committee") for the purpose of assisting the
new town commission, in accordance with the provisions of this section, in the
discharge of the municipal functions of the new town commission.

(2) The committee shall consist of

(a)such members of the new town commission as the Minister may appoint;

Para.(b) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

(c)one member of the council of each ... district which, immediately before
the commencement of the municipal functions order, was included, whether in
whole or in part, in the said area ..., appointed by the council (and, where
such a council is dissolved by virtue of the municipal functions order, for
the purposes of this section the dissolution shall be deemed not to take
effect until after an appointment has been made in pursuance of this
paragraph).

(3) A member of the committee shall hold office for such period as
the Minister or, where he is appointed by a [district council], that [council]
may determine (unless in the meantime he dies or resigns his office as
member), and on such terms as may be so determined.

(4) Where a person was appointed as a member of the committee by a council of
a ... county district which is dissolved under this Act, that person shall
not, by reason only of such dissolution, cease to be a member of
the committee; ....

(5) The committee shall, as from such date as the Ministry or, as the case may
be, the new town commission, may direct exercise

(a)such of the municipal functions of the new town commission as the Ministry
may by notice in writing appoint; and

(b)such further municipal functions of the new town commission as the
new town commission may, with the approval of the Ministry, delegate to them,

(6) Save as the municipal functions order may direct, a decision of
the committee shall not have effect until confirmed by the
new town commission.

(7) Subject to any direction in writing given to them by the Ministry or by
the new town commission with the approval of the Ministry, the committee may
regulate their own procedure and fix a quorum for their proceedings.

(8) The validity of the proceedings of the committee shall not be affected by
any vacancy among their members or by any defect in the appointment of any of
their members.

[(9) The sections of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972
mentioned in subsection (4) of section 7 shall apply to the committee and the
members of the committee as (by that subsection) they apply to the
new town commission and the members of the new town commission.]

(10) The new town commission shall pay to the members of the committee such
reasonable allowances in respect of expenses properly incurred in the
performance of their duties as may be determined by the Ministry with the
approval of the Ministry of Finance.[

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback
URL: http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_act/ntai1965306/s32.html

Northern Irish Legislation

NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 32