SCHEDULE 7 National Park Authorities

SCHEDULE 7 National Park Authorities

Section 63

Status and constitution of authorities

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(1)     A National Park authority shall be a body corporate.

[(2)     A National Park authority shall consist of—

(a)     a specified number of local authority members,

(b)     in the case of a National Park in England, a specified number of parish members to be appointed by the Secretary of State, and

(c)     a specified number of other members to be appointed by the Secretary of State;

and “specified†means specified in the relevant order.

(3)     The total number of—

(a)     local authority members, and

(b)     parish members,

must exceed the number of other members.]

Local authority members

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(1)     The local authority members of a National Park authority shall be appointed by such of the councils for the principal areas wholly or partly comprised in the relevant Park as may be specified in or determined under the relevant order.

(2)     Each of the councils who are to appoint the local authority members of a National Park authority shall be entitled to appoint such number of those members as may be so specified or determined and to make any appointment required

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