Article 2 Modification of the Order contained in the Schedule to the 1947 Act

The Order contained in the Schedule to the 1947 Act is modified as follows.

In section 4(1)(b) (interpretation)—

For section 6(3) (constitution) there shall be substituted as follows:—

“(3)

The Joint Board shall consist of fourteen members of whom seven shall be elected by the City of Edinburgh Council, five by the Fife Council, one by the Midlothian Council and one by the West Lothian Council.”.

In section 98(2) (level of allowances), for the words “county council”, there shall be substituted the words “local authority”.

In paragraph 1(1) of Part I of the First Schedule^f1 (election, tenure of office etc.), for the words “Of the nine members” to the end of that sub-paragraph, there shall be substituted the words—

• “: Provided—

  1. (a)

     that not later than 30th April 1996, each Council shall elect a member or members to hold office in accordance with section 6(3) above until 31st May 1999;

  2. (b)

     that the proviso to paragraph 4 below shall apply in the period from 31st March 1996 to 1st May 1996 notwithstanding that regional and district councils cease to exist in terms of section 1(3)(b) of the 1994 Act; and

  3. (c)

     that if, in the said period, any member of a Joint Board dies or resigns or ceases to be qualified to be such a member (other than as a result of the said councils so ceasing to exist) that vacancy may (notwithstanding the terms of paragraph 8 below) be filled by the Joint Board itself electing a person to fill that vacancy.”.

In paragraph 4 of Part II of the First Schedule (provisions as to meetings and proceedings), for the word “seven”, there shall be substituted the word “six”.