# The Water Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1974, Article 14: Coquet Water Board


(1) The Coquet Water Board Order 1959 and the Coquet Water Board Order 1963 (in this article referred to respectively as “the 1959 Order” and “the 1963 Order”) shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the following provisions of this article.
(2) In the 1959 Order—
(a) in section 2(1)—
(i) the definitions of “the borough”, “the Corporation” and “the town clerk” shall be omitted;
(ii) in the definition of “the authorities”, the reference to the County Council shall be omitted;
(iii) there shall be inserted the following definitions—
“ 'the chief executive' means the chief executive of the Water Authority;”
“`the Water Authority' means the Northumbrian Water Authority ”.
(b) in section 5(4) for the words from “the borough” to “are respectively” there shall be substituted “the area in which the Water Authority are”;
(c) for section 6 there shall be substituted the following section:—
“6 (1) The members of the Board holding office on 31st March 1974 shall cease to hold office immediately after that day.
(2) On and after 1st April 1974 the Board shall consist of seven members, of whom four shall be appointed by the Company and three by the Water Authority.
(3) Each authority shall appoint the number of members of the Board to be appointed by them pursuant to this order in accordance with the following provisions:—
(a) at a meeting held before 1st April 1974, they shall appoint members to hold office from that date until and including 8th June 1977;
(b) at a meeting held in 1977 and in every third year thereafter before 8th June in that year, they shall appoint members to hold office from 9th June in that year for a period of three years;
Provided that if any authority fail to appoint a member within the time herein prescribed, the Minister may, on the application of the authority concerned, extend the time for making the appointment.
(4) Immediately after the appointment of any member of the Board—
(a) in the case of members appointed by the Company, the secretary of the Company, and
(b) in the case of members appointed by the Water Authority, the chief executive
shall notify the name, address and description of the member appointed to the clerk of the Board.
(5) Any casual vacancy in the membership of the Board shall be filled as soon as practicable by the appointment by the authority in whose representation the vacancy arises of a new member, and the person so appointed shall come into office upon his appointment and shall, if otherwise qualified, hold office during the remainder of the term of office of the person in whose place he is appointed:
Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon an authority to fill any casual vacancy arising between 1st April and 9th June in the year 1977 or in any third year thereafter. ”
(d) in section 7(1), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(a) A person shall not be qualified to be appointed a member of the Board by the Water Authority unless he is a member of that authority.”
(e) in the proviso to section 7(2), for the words “the council of the borough or of the County Council” there shall be substituted “the Water Authority” and for the words “re-elected a member of such council” there shall be substituted “reappointed a member of the Water Authority”.
(f) in the proviso to section 8(2), the words from “or, if the Clerk” to the end shall be omitted;
(g) in section 22, subsection (3) and the proviso to subsection (7) shall be omitted;
(h) in section 24(4), the words from “and, in the case” to “the Company” shall be omitted;
(i) in section 24(5)(a), the words from “and in the case” to “the Company” shall be omitted:
(j) in section 24(6)—
(i) in paragraph (c) the words “and the County Council,” and
(ii) in paragraph (e)(iii) the words “the County Council” shall be omitted;
(k) section 28 shall be omitted:
(l) in section 36(2), the words “or the County Council” shall be omitted;
(m) in section 42(1), for the words from “the County Council” to “such council” there shall be substituted “the Water Authority authorised by that authority”.
(n) paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 shall be omitted;
(o) Schedules 4 and 5 shall be omitted;
(p) throughout the order, for “the Corporation” there shall be substituted “the Water Authority”.
(3) In the 1963 Order—
(a) in section 6, all references to the County Council shall be omitted;
(b) throughout the order, for “the Corporation” there shall be substituted “the Water Authority”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/607/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-etc-miscellaneous-provisions-order-1974/article-14
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