SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17 Functions with Respect to National Parks and the Countryside

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Amendments (Textual)

Planning Boards and National Park Committees

F2C112A

1

The members of a joint planning board, special planning board or National Park Committee established for an area being or comprising the whole or any part of a National Park shall include members (in this paragraph referred to as “district council members”) who are appointed by F3councils of non-metropolitan districts which comprise any part of that Park (in this paragraph referred to as “relevant district councils”).

2

The number of district council members of such a board or Committee shall be equal to—

a

the number of relevant district councils; or

b

one seventh (to the nearest whole number) of the members of the board or Committee,

whichever is the less; and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph any casual vacancy in the membership of the board or Committee shall be disregarded.

3

The district council members shall be appointed by such of the relevant district councils as may be agreed between those councils or as in default of agreement may be determined by the Secretary of State.

4

The district council members shall hold office for a period of one year and shall be eligible for reappointment; and section 102(5) above shall apply in relation to a district council member appointed under this paragraph as it applies in relation to a member of a committee appointed under that section.