Membership of the Authority5

1

The Authority is to consist of 30 members.

2

Of those 30 members—

a

10 (the “council members”) must be members of relevant councils5 and must be appointed in accordance with paragraph (3);

b

18 (the “general members”) must be persons appointed by the MMO6, and must include at least one employee of the MMO; and

c

2 (the “additional members”) must be appointed in accordance with paragraph (4)7.

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.