Local Government Act, 1994

Vocational education committees.

16.—(1) The term of office of—

(a) the members of a vocational education committee for an urban district vocational education area elected by a local authority to which section 14 applies, and

(b) those members of a vocational education committee for a county vocational education area who were elected by a local authority referred to in paragraph (a),

current at the commencement of this section shall terminate in the year 1994 so as to be in accordance with the provisions of section 10 (3) of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 .

(2) (a) The year 1994 shall be deemed to be an election year as respects vocational education committees referred to in subsection (1) (a) and as respects those members of vocational education committees referred to in subsection (1) (b).

(b) The year 1994 shall not be an election year as respects vocational education committees or members of vocational education committees, as the case may be, other than those referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) A quinquennial meeting of a vocational education committee referred to in subsection (1) (a) shall be held in the year 1994.

(4) The year 1998 and every year thereafter which is a year in which local elections are held shall be an election year for the purposes of the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1993, and the term of office of those members of a vocational education committee who are elected by a local authority referred to in subsection (1) in the year 1994 shall terminate in the year 1998 so as to be in accordance with this subsection and section 10 (3) of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 .