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Paragraph 1 Membership and chairmanI1I2

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The Authority shall consist of such number of members as the Secretary of State may determine.

(2)

The appointment of a person to be a member shall be made by the Secretary of State.

(3)

The Secretary of State shall appoint one of the members of the Authority to be its chairman.

F1(4)

Before appointing the chairman, the Secretary of State shall consult the Scottish Ministers F2and the Department of Justice.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 para. 1(4) added (30.6.2006 for S., 6.7.2006 for E.W.) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(6)(b), Sch. 15 para. 13(a); S.S.I. 2006/381, art. 2(a)(i)(b)(i)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(4) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 16 para. 7(2) (with arts. 28-31)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 6.7.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/382, art. 3(a)

I2

Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.5.2009 for N.I. by S.I. 2009/1058, art. 3