{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/devon-and-severn-inshore-fisheries-and-conservation-order-2010/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/devon-and-severn-inshore-fisheries-and-conservation-order-2010/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2212",
  "legislation_title": "The Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/devon-and-severn-inshore-fisheries-and-conservation-order-2010",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Membership of the Authority",
  "text": "(1) The Authority is to consist of 30 members.\n(2) Of those 30 members—\n(a) 12 (the “council members”) must be members of relevant councils and must be appointed in accordance with paragraph (3);\n(b) 16 (the “general members”) must be persons appointed by the MMO, and must include at least one employee of the MMO; and\n(c) 2 (the “additional members”) must be appointed in accordance with paragraph (4).\n(3) The number of council members to be appointed by each relevant council is as follows—\nRelevant council\nNumber of members\nPlymouth City Council\n1\nNorth Somerset District Council\n1\nSomerset County Council\n1\nBristol City Council\n1\nDevon County Council\n5\nTorbay Council\n1\nSouth Gloucestershire Council\n1\nGloucestershire County Council\n1\n(4) One additional member is to be appointed by the Environment Agency and the other is to be appointed by Natural England.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 151(1)(a) and (5)(a) and (b) of the Marine Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 151(1)(b), (2) and (5)(a) of the Marine Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 151(1)(c) and (5)(c) of the Marine Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2212/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:50.311351+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}