for the appointment as members of the association by the Defence Council, of representatives of universities whose activities are carried on wholly or partly within the area for which the association is established;

for the appointment as members of the association by the Defence Council, of persons representing the Army Cadet Force, the Air Training Corps, the Combined Cadet Force and the Sea Cadet Corps;

for the appointment as members of the association by the Defence Council, of persons representing employers, and persons employed, in the area for which the association is established;

for the appointment of co-opted members;

for dividing the area for which the association is established into two or more parts and for establishing sub-associations for any of the parts; and

for delegating to a sub-association such of the powers and duties of the association as may be approved by the Defence Council and regulating the relations of a sub-association to the association and, where any association has established more than one sub-association, regulating the relations of one sub-association to another.