Introductory Text
PART I GENERAL
1.Citation and commencement
2.Interpretation
PART II VOTING RIGHTS OF MEMBERS
3.Interpretation of Part II
4.Prescribed functions of authorities where all members of committees discharging those functions may have voting rights
5.Sub-committees where persons may have voting rights
PART III POLITICAL BALANCE AND POLITICAL ASSISTANTS
6.Interpretation of Part III
7.Political groups
8.Constitution of political groups
9.Membership of political groups
10.Cessation of membership
11.Restriction on membership
12.Same political group
13.Wishes of political groups
14.Notifications
15.Appointments where political group fails to express wishes
16.Modification of sections 15 and 16 of the 1989 Act
PART IV REVIEWS AND ALLOCATIONS OF SEATS
17.Review of allocation of seats to political groups
18.Reviews — political assistants
19.Exceptions to requirements for committees to review arrangements for allocations of seats
20.Procedure for alternative arrangements for review
PART V POLITICAL BALANCE FOR SUB-COMMITTEES OTHER THAN ORDINARY SUB-COMMITTEES
21.Representation of political groups on sub-committees which are not ordinary sub-committees
22.Arrangements for review by joint committees
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Explanatory Note
