HC Deb 03 February 1998 vol 305 cc946-7

Amendments made: No. 377, in page 84, leave out lines 9 to 11.

No. 378, in page 84, line 12, after 'time', insert 'make an appointment to'.

No. 379, in page 84, line 26, leave out 'or body'.

No. 380, in page 84, leave out lines 31 to 35.

No. 381, in page 84, line 47, leave out 'and bodies'.

No. 382, in page 84, line 49, leave out 'or body'.

No. 383, in page 85, line 5, leave out 'Assembly shall make appointments under paragraph 2(1)(b)' and insert 'appointments shall be made'.

No. 384, in page 85, leave out lines 9 to 13 and insert— '(4A) Where a casual vacancy arises among the members of the Partnership Council appointed under paragraph 2(1)(b), the Assembly shall invite—

  1. (a) such local authorities in Wales, and
  2. (b) such associations of local authorities in Wales,
as the Assembly considers appropriate to make, within a period specified by the Assembly, nominations of persons for appointment under paragraph 2(1)(b) to fill the vacancy. (4B) The appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made from among those nominated in accordance with the invitation unless no-one is so nominated. (4C) Where, pursuant to sub-paragraph (4) or (4B), the Assembly appoints as a member of the Partnership Council under paragraph 2(1)(b) a person nominated by an authority or association, the Assembly shall notify the authority or association of the appointment.

No. 385, in page 85, line 13, at end insert— 3A.—(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—

  1. (a) he ceases to be an Assembly member, or
  2. (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(4C) to an authority or association—
  1. (a) the authority or association may require the Assembly to remove him from membership, and
  2. (b) he shall cease to be a member on being removed from membership by the Assembly in compliance with that requirement.
 (6) A person—
  1. (a) whose appointment as a member of the Partnership Council was notified under paragraph 3(4C) to an authority within paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (7) of section 110, and
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  2. (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 subparagraph (3)(b) or (5)(b) to—
  1. (a) a committee of the Assembly, or
  2. (b) a member of the Assembly's staff.'.

No. 386, in page 85, line 26, leave out from beginning to 'that' in line 28 and insert 'The standing orders of the Partnership Council may provide for the Partnership Council to establish committees. () The members of any committee established by the Partnership Council shall be elected by the Partnership Council from among its members so as to secure'.— [Mr. Jon Owen Jones.]

Schedule 7, as amended, agreed to.

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