Paragraph 1 First meeting and other meetings of the Authority before the operational date

The first meeting of the Authority must be convened by the acting National Park officer within 21 days beginning with the establishment date and are to be held at such place and hour as may be fixed by that acting officer.

That meeting will be treated as the annual meeting of the Authority for the year commencing 1st April 2010.

Notice of that meeting must be published at the place where the meeting is to be held and the summons must be signed by the acting National Park officer.

Until the election of a chairman of the Authority at that meeting, any functions to be exercised or exercisable by the chairman of the Authority (once elected) are to be exercised or exercisable by the acting National Park officer.

The acting National Park officer must not vote at the election of the chairman of the Authority unless the votes for election of the chairman are tied.

The Authority will hold such further meetings before the operational date as may be necessary.

So far as is consistent with the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the following provisions of this Schedule will apply to the calling and conduct of meetings under this paragraph.