Article 5 Membership of the AuthorityI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Authority is to consist of 21 members.

(2)

Of those 21 members—

(a)

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

(b)

10 (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
F1Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	2
Dorset Council	2
Hampshire County Council	2
Isle of Wight Council	1
Portsmouth City Council	1
Southampton City 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) substituted (27.9.2019) by The Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1223), arts. 1, 2(3)