2.—(1) There shall be 8 authorities and, subject to any resolution passed under paragraph (4), they shall have the names specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.
(2) The area of each authority shall correspond with the area of the relevant local authority or, as the case may be, the total area of the relevant local authorities, specified in the second column of the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Each authority shall comprise the total number of members specified in the fourth column of the Schedule to this Order, the members being appointed by the local authorities specified in the second column of the Schedule, and each of these local authorities appointing the number of members specified in the third column of the Schedule.
(4) An authority may resolve at a meeting of the authority to change its name and on doing so shall notify the Scottish Ministers of the new name.