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9. MEMBERS TENDER THEIR ADVICE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THE COUNCILS CONCLUSIONS ARE PRESENTED AS COMPLETE DISCUSSIONS I ORPORATE DECISIONS.
NO MEMBER HAS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR GIVEN SUBJECTS OR
PORTFOLIOS (EXCEPT THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE CAPACITY AS SECRETARIES IN CHARGE OF MAJOR DEPARTMENTS).
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
10 THE COUNCIL US NOW COMPOSED OF:
(H) 12 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE:
(MM) 12 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES:
(UK) 22 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,
(V) 10 OFFICIAL MEMBERS (INCLUDING THREE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS) APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR:
MAKING A TOTAL OF 56 MEMBERS 24 ELECTED UNOFFICIALS, 22 APPOINTED UNOFFIKC HALS AND 10 OFFICIALS. THE 1985 COUNCIL CONTAINS ELECTED MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME. (''UNOFFICIAL '' MEANS NON-CEVIL
SERVANT N THE CONTEXT.)
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES
11. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES COMPRISE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHO ELECT 12 MEMBERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ( ***INDIRECT ELECTIONS''). THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ARE FOR THIS PURPOSE GROUPED INTO 10 GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES (EACH REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 500,000 PEOPLE) PROVIDING 10 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE REMAINING
TWO MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY TWO CONSTITUENCIES FORMED RESPECTIVELY
BY MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
12. NINE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES RETURN 12 MEMBERS: DETAILS ARE
HAN THE 1984 WHITE PAPER.
APPOINTED MEMBERS
13. THESE ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. OFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE CIVIL SERVANT POLICY SECRETARIES. IN PRACTICE, APPOINTMENTS ARE NOW FOR THREE YEARS AT
A TIME TO MATCH THE TERM OF ELECTED MEMBERS.
14. THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR TO ENSURE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF REPRESENTATION AND, WHERE NECESSARY, TO BALANCE SECTORAL
INTERESTS.
15. NT MS NOTEWORTHY THAT THE TYPE OF MEMBER (MODERATE: MIDDLE CLASS PROFESSIONAL:) IN THE 1985 COUNCIL IS GENERALLY SPEAKING NOT
SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE.
POWERS AND PRIVILEGES
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16. THE POWERS, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBERS ARE NOW CERTIFIED IN AN ORDNANCE ENACTED IN JUNE 1985.
THEY CORRESPOND GENERALLY TO THOSE OF BRITISH-TYPE LEGISLATURES.
METHOD OF WORK.
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