Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/85
Timestamp: 2018-10-20 03:24:22
Document Index: 21357169

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 7', 'art. 8', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 7', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

s. 85 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2011/939 art. 7 Sch. 1
s. 85 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2017/558 art. 8 Sch. 1
s. 85(1)(2)(3) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2015/435 Sch. para. 17
s. 85(1) applied by 1959 c. xlvi s. 11(2) (as substituted) by 2013 c. 6 Sch. 1 para. 1
s. 85(3A) words repealed by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 25 Pt. 5
s. 85(4) words substituted by 2015 c. 20 Sch. 13 para. 6(7)(c)
[F1(2A)Subject to subsections (2B) and (3), if a member of a local authority which are operating executive arrangements, who is also a member of the executive of that local authority, fails throughout a period of six consecutive months from the date of his last attendance to attend any meeting of the executive, he shall, unless the failure was due to some reason approved by the local authority before the expiry of that period, cease to be a member of the local authority.
(3)A member of any branch of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces when employed during war or any emergency on any naval, military or air force service, and a person whose employment in the service of Her Majesty in connection with war or any emergency is such as, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, to entitle him to relief from disqualification on account of absence, shall not cease to be a member of a local authority by reason only of a failure to attend meetings of the local authority [F2or of a failure to attend meetings of the executive] if the failure is due to that employment.
[F3(3A)Any period during which a member of a local authority is suspended or partially suspended under section 66, [F466A, 73, 78, 78A] or 79 of the Local Government Act 2000 shall be disregarded for the purpose of calculating the period of six consecutive months under subsection (1) [F5or (2A)] above (and, accordingly, a period during which a member fails to attend meetings of the authority [F6or, as the case may be, meetings of the executive] that falls immediately before, and another such period that falls immediately after, a period of suspension or partial suspension shall be treated as consecutive).]
[F7(4)In this section “local authority” includes a joint authority [F8, an economic prosperity board, a combined authority][F9and a joint waste authority]F10. . .]
F1S. 85(2A)(2B) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2237, art. 7(a) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/808, art. 7(a)
F2Words in s. 85(3) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2237, art. 7(b) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/808, art. 7(b)
F3S. 85(3A) inserted (E.) (19.12.2000) and (W.) (19.12.2000 with application in relation to police authorities in W. and otherwise 28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 9; S.I. 2000/3335, art. 2
F4Words in s. 85(3A) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 201(4)(a), 245; S.I. 2008/172, art. 4(l)
F5Words in s. 85(3A) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2237, art. 7(c)(i) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/808, art. 7(c)(i)
F6Words in s. 85(3A) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2237, art. 7(c)(ii) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/808, art. 7(c)(ii)
F7S. 85(4) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 7
F8Words in s. 85(4) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 119, 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 13; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)
F9Words in s. 85(4) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 209, 245, Sch. 13 para. 4; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(p)
F10Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
C1S. 85 applied by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), ss. 9(10), 23(2), 27(2), Sch. 4 para. 3
C2S. 85: certain functions transferred (subject to modifications) (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, arts. 6, 8, Sch. 1
C3S. 85 extended (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 8 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
C4S. 85(4) modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(c)