CONCLUSIONS ARE PRESENTED AS CORPOPATE DECISIONS. NO MEMBERS HAS
DIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR GIVEN SUBJECTS OR PORTFOLIOS (EXCEPT FOR THE EX-OFFICIO AND OFFICIAL MEMBERS IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY).
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
10. THE COUNCIL IS NOW COMPOSED OF :
(A) 12 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES
SEMICOLON
(B) 12 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE FUNCTIONAL
CONSTITUENCIES SEMICOLON
(C) 22 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR SEMICOLON (D) BEGIN UNDERLINING 3 EX-OFFICIO CEASE UNDERLINING MEMBERS - THE CHIEF SECRETARY, FINANCIAL SECRETARY, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL - AND 7 OFFICIAL MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR SEMICOLON
MAKING A TOTAL OF 56 MEMBERS 24 ELECTED UNOFFICIALS, 22 APPOINTED UNOFFICIALS AND 10 OFFICIALS. THE 1985 COUNCIL CONTAINS ELECTED MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME. (''UNOFFICIAL MEANS NON-CIVIL SERVANT IN THIS CONTEXT).
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES
11. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES COMPRISE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT
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BOARDS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHO ELECT 12 MEMBERS FOR A 3 YEAR TERM TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 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 ELECT 12 MEMBERS FOR A 3 YEAR TERM: DETAILS ARE IN THE EXTRACT FROM THE 1984 WHITE PAPER AT
ANNEX A.
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 OF UNOFFICIALS 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.