Article 5 Membership of the AuthorityI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Authority is to consist of 30 members.

(2)

Of those 30 members—

(a)

10 (the “council members”) must be members of relevant councils^f1 and must be appointed in accordance with paragraph (3);

(b)

18 (the “general members”) must be persons appointed by the MMO^f2, and must include at least one employee of the MMO; and

(c)

2 (the “additional members”) must be appointed in accordance with paragraph (4)^f3.

(3)

The number of council members to be appointed by each relevant council is as follows—

Relevant council	Number of members
Blackpool Borough Council	1
Cheshire West and Chester Council	1
F1Cumberland Council	1
F2. . .	. . .
Halton Borough Council	1
Lancashire County Council	2
Liverpool City Council	1
Sefton Council	1
F3Westmorland and Furness Council	1
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	1

(4)

One of the additional members is to be appointed by the Environment Agency and the other is to be appointed by Natural England.

Annotations

F1: Words in art. 5(3) table inserted (1.4.2023) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/187), arts. 1, 8(3)(b)
F2: Words in art. 5(3) table omitted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/187), arts. 1, 8(3)(a)
F3: Words in art. 5(3) table inserted (1.4.2023) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/187), arts. 1, 8(3)(c)