Membership of the Authority5
1
The Authority is to consist of 30 members.
2
Of those 30 members—
a
b
18 (the “general members”) must be persons appointed by the MMO6, and must include at least one employee of the MMO; and
3
The number of council members to be appointed by each relevant council is as follows—
Relevant council | Number of members |
---|---|
Blackpool Borough Council | 1 |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 1 |
Cumbria County Council | 2 |
Halton Borough Council | 1 |
Lancashire County Council | 2 |
Liverpool City Council | 1 |
Sefton Council | 1 |
Wirral Metropolitan Borough 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.