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(1) This Order may be cited as the Fire and Rescue Authority (Membership) Order 2017.
(2) This article and article 3 come into force on 22nd December 2017.
(3) Article 2 comes into force on 25th June 2018.
(4) Article 4 comes into force on 6th June 2018.
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(1) The Local Government Act 1985 is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 10 (number of members of joint authorities), in Part 6 (West Midlands), in the third column of the Table (number of members of metropolitan county fire and rescue authority)—
(a) in the entry for Birmingham for “10” substitute “4”;
(b) in the entry for Coventry for “3” substitute “2”;
(c) in the entry for Dudley for “3” substitute “2”;
(d) in the entry for Sandwell for “3” substitute “2”;
(e) in the entry for Solihull for “2” substitute “1”;
(f) in the entry for Walsall for “3” substitute “2”;
(g) in the entry for Wolverhampton for “3” substitute “2”.
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The Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority Combination Scheme set out in the Schedule to the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority (Combination Scheme) Order 2015 is varied in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Order.
Nick Hurd
Minister of State
Home Office
28th November 2017
SCHEDULE 1
Article 3
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SCHEDULE 2
Article 4
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In this Schedule “the Scheme” means the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority Combination Scheme set out in the Schedule to the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority (Combination Scheme) Order 2015.
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In paragraph 6(1) for “30 members” substitute—“18 members save that, where the minimum number of members of the Authority resulting from the operation of paragraph 7 would be greater than 18, the Authority shall consist of that number of members”.
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For paragraph 7 substitute—“
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(1) Each constituent authority shall appoint 2 representatives to be members of the Authority.
(2) Each constituent authority shall, so far as is practicable, appoint such additional number of representatives to be members of the Authority as may be required to ensure that the total number of representatives is proportionate to the number of local government electors in its area in relation to the number of such electors in each of the other constituent authorities’ areas.”.