Decision details
SIX MONTH ATTENDANCE RULE S85 (1) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972
Decision Maker: Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Section 85(1) of the Local Government Act 1972
requires a Member of a Local Authority to attend at least one
meeting of that Authority within a six-month consecutive period,
unless permission for the absence is granted by the Authority in
advance, in order to avoid being disqualified as a Councillor.
Without advance permission to be absent, loss of office is
automatic and permission cannot be granted
retrospectively.
Decision:
Resolved (36:0) – That the absence of any Members from all Council and Committee Meetings be authorised and approved for the period that the provisions of the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 are in force or until the Annual Meeting of Council 2021, whichever is the sooner, pursuant to Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972.
Report author: Shirley Hudspeth
Publication date: 21/07/2020
Date of decision: 20/07/2020
Decided at meeting: 20/07/2020 - Council
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