# The Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2002, Regulation 4: Membership of a local access forum


(1) A local access forum shall consist of no fewer than 10 and not more than 22 members.
(2) In the case of a local access forum—
(a) consisting of not more than 16 members, not more than two members of such forum may also be members of a district or county council or National Park authority for any part of the area of the forum,
(b) consisting of no fewer than 17 members, not more than three members of such forum may also be members of a district or county council or National Park authority for any part of the area of the forum.
(3) The members shall be persons who appear to the appointing authority to be representative of—
(a) users of local rights of way or the right conferred by section 2(1) (rights of public in relation to access land),
(b) owners and occupiers of access land or land over which local rights of way subsist, or
(c) any other interests especially relevant to the authority’s area.
(4) The appointing authority shall ensure a reasonable balance is maintained between the number of members appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) and in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3).
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), before appointing any member the appointing authority shall—
(a) advertise the vacancy—
(i) in such local or regional newspapers circulating in the authority’s area as they consider appropriate, and
(ii) if they maintain a website on the internet, on such a website, and
(b) consult such persons as they consider appropriate.
(6) The requirements in paragraph (5) to advertise and consult shall not apply to the appointment to a local access forum of any person who is a member of a district or county council or National Park authority for any part of the area of the forum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1836/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-access-forums-england-regulations-2002/regulation-4
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