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1 Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person appointed as a member of the Partnership Council shall remain a member until the end of the day before the ordinary election following his appointment. 2 A person appointed as a member of the Partnership Council may resign at any time. 3 A person appointed as a member of the Partnership Council under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 shall cease to be a member if— a he ceases to be an Assembly member, or b he is removed from membership of the Partnership Council by the Assembly. 4 A person appointed as a member of the Partnership Council under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph shall cease to be a member if he ceases to be eligible for appointment under that paragraph. 5 Where the appointment of a person as a member of the Partnership Council under that paragraph was notified under paragraph 3(7) to an authority or association— a the authority or association may require the Assembly to remove him from membership, and b he shall cease to be a member on being removed from membership by the Assembly in compliance with that requirement. 6 A person— a whose appointment as a member of the Partnership Council was notified under paragraph 3(7) to an authority within paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (7) of section 113, and b who was, on appointment, a member of the authority, shall cease to be a member of the Partnership Council if he ceases to be a member of the authority (even though he remains a member of an authority within paragraph (a) of that subsection). 7 The Assembly may not delegate the function of removing a person from membership of the Partnership Council under sub-paragraph (3)(b) or (5)(b).