Paragraph 2

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The committee shall consist of eleven voting members, namely—

(a)

a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State;

(b)

three members appointed by the Secretary of State;

(c)

the chairman of each council and one other member of each council appointed by that council; and

(d)

the chairman of the F1Countryside Agency;

and two non-voting members appointed by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.

(2)

The committee may appoint any voting member to be deputy chairman.

Annotations

F1: Words in Sch. 7 para. 2 substituted (20.2.1999) by S.I. 1999/416, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 14(5)

F1: Sch. 7 repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105, 107, Sch. 11 para. 126(2), Sch. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2