Unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings respectively given to them below:
(a) “Appointed Members Committee” means a sub committee of the ITA Executive Board of the Joint Authority appointed under and for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 of these Standing Orders.
(b) “Audit and Governance Committee” means the committee appointed by the Joint Authority under paragraph 37 of these Standing Orders.
(c) “Clear working day” means any day except Saturday or Sunday or a Public Holiday and excludes the date of the notice and the date of the meeting.
(d) “Clerk” means the person appointed pursuant to section 34(8) of the Local Government Act 1985.
(e) “District Liaison Committees” means the committees of the Joint Authority appointed under paragraph 34 of these Standing Orders.
(f) “District Spokesperson” means the person appointed by the Authority to carry out the functions required under section 41 Local Government Act 1985.
(g) “ITA Executive Board” means the executive committee of the Joint Authority to which the provisions of Schedule 1 of these Standing Orders shall apply.
(h) "Joint Authority" means the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority.
(i) “Local Transport Plan Committee” means the committee of the Joint Authority appointed under paragraph 36 of these Standing Orders.
(j) “Monitoring Officer” means the person appointed pursuant to and for the purposes of Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and the Local Government Act 2000.
(k) “Non Executive Committee” means any committee or sub-committee appointed by the Joint Authority except the ITA Executive Board and an Appointed Members Committee.
(l) "Officer" means any officer who services the Joint Authority or the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and who as a matter of operational practice is primarily responsible for or involved with the subject under discussion, whether as an employee of the Joint Authority or the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.
(m) “Passenger Consultative Committees” means the committees of the Joint Authority appointed under paragraph 35 of these Standing orders.
(n) “Related” in relation to members and officers has the same meaning as “a member of your family” set out in the Introduction to the Members’ Code of Conduct.
(o) “Scheme of Delegation” means the scheme appearing in Schedule 3 of these Standing Orders setting out the nature and extent of functions delegated by or reserved to the Joint Authority in accordance with these Standing Orders.
(p) “The Scrutiny Committees” means the committees appointed in accordance with paragraph 33 of these Standing Orders.
(q) “The Shadow Chair” means the leader of the main political opposition group represented on the Joint Authority.
(r) “The Standards Committee” means the committee of the Joint Authority appointed for the purposes of the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 in accordance with paragraph 32 of these Standing Orders.
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