18(1)This paragraph applies in relation to an English police and crime panel if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the number of appointed members of the panel is less than the full complement.
(2)The Secretary of State must nominate the appropriate number of persons who are councillors of relevant local authorities to be members of the police and crime panel.
(3)Sub-paragraph (4) or (5) applies in relation to each nomination which the Secretary of State is required to make under sub-paragraph (2).
(4)If the nominee accepts the nomination, the Secretary of State must appoint the nominated councillor as a member of the panel.
(5)If the nominee does not accept the nomination, the Secretary of State must nominate another person who is a councillor of a relevant local authority to be a member of the police and crime panel (and sub-paragraph (4) or this sub-paragraph applies accordingly, as if the nomination were made under sub-paragraph (2)).
(6)In this paragraph—
“appropriate number” means the number that is equal to the difference between—
the full complement; and
the number of appointed members of the panel;
“full complement” means the number of appointed members which the panel is to have by virtue of paragraph 13(1)(a).