PART 2Membership, proceedings and administration
Terms of membership4
1
Save as provided in this regulation, the terms of appointment of a member of a local access forum shall be determined by the appointing authority and notified to him in writing.
2
Subject to regulation 5(4), a member of a local access forum shall be appointed for not less than one and not more than three years.
3
A member of a local access forum may resign by notice in writing to the appointing authority for the area of the forum at the time of the member’s resignation.
4
An appointing authority—
a
must terminate the appointment of a member of a local access forum if they are satisfied that he has become a member of a district or county council or National Park authority and, as a result, regulation 3(4) is not complied with;
b
may terminate the appointment of a member of a forum if—
i
without the consent of the appointing authority, he has been absent from all meetings of the forum during a period of one year; or
ii
he has failed to comply with regulation 6(8); and
c
may—
i
where they change the area for which a local access forum is established,
ii
where they merge two or more forums, or
iii
having received notice under regulation 18(2), on expiry of the 21-day notice period,
terminate the appointment of any member of the forum or forums where they consider such termination appropriate as a consequence.