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Section 19.
1 (1) The Council must appoint one of its employees as the director of a local council.
(2) The Council must seek the advice of the chairman of a local council before appointing a director.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to the appointment of the first director of a local council.
(4) If a person to be appointed as a director of a local council is not already a member of that local council, the Council must appoint him as a member of the local council for the same term as the term of his appointment as director.
(5) If a person to be appointed as a director of a local council is already a member of that local council but his term of appointment as such ends before the term of his appointment as director ends, the Council must extend his term of appointment as a member so that it ends when the term of his appointment as director ends.
2 (1) A person is to hold and vacate office as a member or as chairman of a local council in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(2) On ceasing to be a member or chairman a person is eligible for re-appointment.
(3) A person may at any time by notice in writing to the Council resign his office as a member.
(4) A person may at any time by notice in writing to the Secretary of State resign his office as chairman.
3 (1) This paragraph applies if the Council is satisfied that a member of a local council—
(a) has been absent from meetings of the local council for a period longer than 6 consecutive months without the local council’s permission, or
(b) is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a member.
(2) The Council may by notice in writing to the member remove him from office, which shall then become vacant.
(3) A notice under this paragraph requires the Secretary of State’s approval.
4 The Council must pay in respect of the members of a local council such travelling, subsistence and other allowances as the Secretary of State may determine.
5 The Council may appoint such of its employees as it thinks fit to act as the staff of a local council.
6 (1) A local council may authorise the chairman or the director to exercise such of its functions as it may determine.
(2) If the chairman is authorised to exercise a function he may authorise another member of the local council to exercise it.
(3) If the director is authorised to exercise a function he may authorise an employee of the local council to exercise it.
7 The validity of any proceedings of a local council is not to be affected by a vacancy among the members or by any defect in the appointment of a member.
8 A local council may regulate its own procedure.
Section 26.
1 (1) The Council—
(a) must establish a young people’s learning committee and an adult learning committee;
(b) may establish such other committees as it thinks fit.
(2) Members of a committee may be (but need not be) members of the Council.
(3) Nothing in this Schedule applies to local learning and skills councils.
2 (1) This paragraph applies to the young people’s learning committee.
(2) The committee must—
(a) investigate the provision of education and training of young persons and the provision of financial resources for their education and training;
(b) advise the Council on the provision of such education and training and the provision of such resources.
(3) The committee must also consider, and advise the Council on, what education and training would be appropriate for young persons of different abilities and aptitudes in order to prepare them for those opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life which are not connected to employment.
(4) The committee is to have such other functions relating to the education and training of young persons, and such functions relating to their employment, as the Council specifies.
(5) The committee’s members are to be appointed by the Council with the approval of the Secretary of State.
(6) The Secretary of State must appoint one of the members as chairman after seeking the Council’s advice.
(7) In appointing a member the Council and the Secretary of State must have regard to the desirability of appointing a person who appears to them to understand the needs of young persons receiving education or training.
(8) A person is a young person in the period which—
(a) starts with the beginning of the year in which he attains the age of 15, and
(b) ends when he attains the age of 19.
(9) A year is a year beginning with 1 September.
3 (1) This paragraph applies to the adult learning committee.
(2) The committee must—
(a) investigate the provision of education and training of adults and the provision of financial resources for their education and training;
(b) advise the Council on the provision of such education and training and the provision of such resources.
(3) The committee is to have such other functions relating to the education and training of adults, and such functions relating to their employment, as the Council specifies.
(4) The committee’s members are to be appointed by the Council with the approval of the Secretary of State.
(5) The Secretary of State must appoint one of the members as chairman after seeking the Council’s advice.
(6) In appointing a member the Council and the Secretary of State must have regard to the desirability of appointing a person who appears to them to understand the needs of adults receiving education or training.
(7) An adult is a person who has attained the age of 19.
4 (1) This paragraph applies to any committee of the Council other than the young people’s learning committee and the adult learning committee.
(2) The committee’s functions—
(a) are to be such functions as the Council specifies, and
(b) are to concern such matters as the Council specifies.
(3) The committee’s members are to be appointed by the Council.
5 (1) A person is to hold and vacate office as a member of a committee of the Council in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(2) On ceasing to be a member of a committee a person is eligible for re-appointment.
(3) A person may at any time by notice in writing to the Secretary of State resign his office as a member of the young people’s learning committee or of the adult learning committee.
(4) A person may at any time by notice in writing to the Council resign his office as a member of any other committee.
6 (1) This paragraph applies if the Council is satisfied that a member of a committee of the Council—
(a) has been absent from meetings of the committee for a period longer than 6 consecutive months without the committee’s permission, or
(b) is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a member.
(2) The Council may by notice in writing to the member remove him from office, which shall then become vacant.
7 The Council must pay to the members of any of its committees who are not members of the Council such travelling, subsistence and other allowances as the Secretary of State may determine.
8 (1) A representative of the Secretary of State is entitled to attend and take part in any deliberations (but not in decisions) at meetings of any committee of the Council.
(2) The Council must provide the Secretary of State with such copies as he may require of any documents distributed to members of any committee of the Council.
9 The validity of any proceedings of any committee of the Council is not to be affected by a vacancy among the members or by any defect in the appointment of a member.
10 The Council may regulate the procedure of any of its committees, subject to the preceding provisions of this Schedule.
Learning and Skills Act 2000